Registered Interests
The Register of Members’ Financial Interests is updated fortnightly online when the House is sitting, and less frequently at other times. Interests remain in the Register for twelve months after the interest has ended.
The interests set out below are those included in the most recently published version of the Register. All versions of the Register can be found here.1. Employment and earnings
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Role, work or services: Presenter/Contributor on GB News
Payer: GB News Limited, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R 3TT
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Remuneration: £100,000 a year paid monthly
From: 1 March 2023.
Hours: 8 hrs a week
(Registered 7 March 2023)
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Remuneration: £100,000 a year paid monthly
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Role, work or services: Writing one article
Payer: Daily Express, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
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Payment: £1,000 for an article.
Received on: 3 April 2024. Hours: 3 hrs (estimated).
(Registered 15 April 2024)
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Payment: £1,000 for an article.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
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Name of donor: Lord Michael Hintze
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 for local campaigning
Date received: 20 October 2023
Date accepted: 20 October 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2023)
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Name of donor: The Cayzer Trust Company Limited
Address of donor: Cayzer House, 30 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6NN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for local campaigning
Date received: 7 November 2023
Date accepted: 7 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 04987694
(Registered 8 November 2023)
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Name of donor: Bassim Said Haidar
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 for local campaigning
Date received: 8 November 2023
Date accepted: 8 November 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 November 2023)
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Name of donor: Christopher Wood
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 for local campaigning
Date received: 8 November 2023
Date accepted: 8 November 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 November 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
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Member of the Town Fund Board for Ashfield. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 January 2020
(Registered 10 February 2020)
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Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. This part time role would have carried an annual salary of £10,000 from 11 January 2024, but I will not receive any payment for it.
Date interest arose: 6 February 2023
Date interest ended: 16 January 2024
(Registered 3 March 2023; updated 15 January 2024 and 17 January 2024)
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Name of donor: GB News
My Twitter profile is registered as an affiliated account by GB News. GB News pays £50 per month for a square affiliate badge on my Twitter page.
Date interest arose: 8 August 2023
(Registered 15 August 2023)