Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 15 May 2023.
1. Employment and earnings
Payments received via United Agents, Lexington House, 12-26 Lexington St, Soho, London W1F 0LE:
23 April 2021, received £16,572.06 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as second payment for writing a book. Hours: approx. 100 hrs between August 2020 and January 2021. (Registered 28 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
30 July 2021, received £11,425 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as third payment for writing a book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
8 December 2021, received £615 from Hoxton Minipress, 10 Coldbath Square, London EC1R 5HL, for writing an introduction to a book. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 10 December 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
6 April 2022, received £372.47 from Octopus Publishing, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, as royalties for a book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 07 April 2022)
22 April 2022, received £12,300 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as fourth payment for writing a book on publication of paperback. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 26 April 2022)
6 June 2022, received £2,652 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Tomorrow, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for the recording of a weekly podcast over fifteen weeks. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 06 June 2022)
5 August 2022, received £2,460 from Two Four Broadcast, the Westworks, 195 Wood Lane, London W12 7FQ, for appearing on a television programme. The programme has not yet been broadcast. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 25 August 2022)
17 August 2022, received £2,975 from
RDF Broadcast, Shepherds Building Centre, Charecroft Way, London W14 0EE, or appearing on a television programme. The programme has not yet been broadcast. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 August 2022)
31 August 2022, received £1,312 from Plantpot Ltd, Old Bank House, Beaufort Street, Crickhowell NP8 1AD, for speaking at the Greenman Festival. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 01 September 2022)
16 September 2022, received £2,642 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for signing new contract for recording of a weekly podcast. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 10 October 2022)
14 October 2022, received £350.57 from Octopus Publishing Ltd, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, as royalties from a book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 08 November 2022)
26 October 2022, received £5,000 from Hat Trick Productions, 33 Oval Rd, London NW1 7EA, for being a guest on Have I Got News for You. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 08 November 2022)
16 February 2023, received £2,624 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Tomorrow, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for the recording of a weekly podcast over fifteen weeks. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 03 March 2023)
22 February 2023, received £2,952 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Tomorrow, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for signing new contract to record of a weekly podcast at one hour per week. Hours: none to date. (Registered 03 March 2023)
31 March 2023, received £227.85 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as royalties from a book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 24 April 2023)
From 27 March 2020 until 31 March 2023, weekly column for Independent Digital, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. (Registered 16 February 2021; updated 14 March 2023)
8 December 2020, received £3,080 for eleven columns. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 16 February 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
23 December 2020, received £5,600 for twenty columns. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 16 February 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
15 February 2021, received £560 for two columns. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
1 March 2021, received £560 for two columns. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
16 March 2021, received £560 for two columns. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
10 May 2021, received £1,120 for four columns. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
19 July 2021, received £840 for three columns. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
3 August 2021, received £280 for a column. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
13 August 2021, received £560 for two columns. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
16 September 2021, received £280 for a column. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 November 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
28 September 2021, received £280 for a column. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 November 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
23 March 2023, received final payment of £2,240 for eight columns in January and February. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 27 March 2023)
9 March 2021, received £360 from the Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for writing an article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 10 May 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
29 July 2021, received £1,500 from HSBC, 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 1HQ, for speaking at an event. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
Payments from the New Statesman, Standard House, 12-13 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AA:
Payment of £400 expected for an article written on 25 May 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 09 June 2022)
Payments from Hat Trick Productions, 33 Oval Rd, London NW1 7EA:
23 December 2021, received £15,000 for presenting Have I Got News for You. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 20 January 2022) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
24 May 2019, received £1,500 for being a panellist on Have I Got News for You. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 23 May 2022) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
17 June 2022, received £5,000 for being a panellist on Have I Got News for You on 19 May 2022. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 08 June 2022; updated 29 June 2022)
3 May 2022, received £1,000 from Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB, for undertaking a lecture. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 03 May 2022)
Payment of £150 expected from the Charleston Festival, Charleston Firle, West Firle Lewes BN8 6LL, for a speech at a literary festival on 22 May 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 June 2022)
Payment of £200 expected from the
Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts, the Drill Hall, 25 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AD, for a speech at the Hay Festival on 31 May 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 June 2022)
9 September 2022, received £3,000 from Open Mike Productions, Hammer House, 113-117 Wardour St, London W1F 0UN, for appearing on the Last Leg TV show. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 12 September 2022)
7 October 2022, received £250 from Emma Bridgewater Festival in a Factory, Lichfield Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3EJ, for participating in a talk. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 02 November 2022)
6 October 2022, received £1,000 from University of Bristol, Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1QU, for delivering a lecture. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 04 November 2022)
31 October 2022, received £1,000 from Bewdley Festival Limited, St George's Hall, Load Street, Bewdley DY12 2EQ, for speaking at a local book festival. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 08 November 2022)
2 November 2022, received £400 from the New Statesman, Standard House, 12-13 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AA, for writing a diary column. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 November 2022)
Payment of £1,000 expected from Letters Live Limited, 4 Uxbridge Street, London W8 7SY, for performing at a charity event on 27 October 2022. Hours: 2 hrs. This fee will be paid direct to charity. (Registered 09 November 2022)
19 December 2022, received £400 from Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 2HR, for a speech delivered on 1 December 2022. Hours: 2 hrs. Fee paid direct to a state school in my
constituency. (Registered 19 December 2022)
Payments from
News UK & Ireland, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF:
23 December 2022, received £2,700 for nine appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot between October 2022 and December 2022. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 17 January 2023)
25 January 2023, received £1,225 for four appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot between December 2022 and January 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 February 2023)
23 February 2023, received £600 for four appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot in January 2023. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 03 March 2023)
23 March 2023, received £1,200 for four appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot In February. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 27 March 2023)
27 February 2023, received £588.61 from Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ, for payments for previously written books being borrowed from UK libraries. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 03 March 2023)
22 March 2023, received £4,738 from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (
ALCS), 6th Floor, International House, 1
St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN, for use of previously published articles and works. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 27 March 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Google
Address of donor: 1-13 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation for attending and speaking at a Google event, value £400
Date received: 6 October 2021
Date accepted: 6 October 2021
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 10 December 2021)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
Name of donor: GQ (Conde Nast)
Address of donor: Vogue House, Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation and car transport to and from the venue for attending and speaking at a GQ event, value £750
Date received: 5 November 2021
Date accepted: 5 November 2021
Donor status: company, registration 226900
(Registered 10 December 2021)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers.
Name of donor:
Channel 4 Television CorporationAddress of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Guest at the
BAFTA TV Awards, including hospitality, value £772
Date received: 8 May 2022
Date accepted: 8 May 2022
Donor status: company, registration 04106849
(Registered 13 May 2022)
Name of donor: Glastonbury Festivals Ltd
Address of donor: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet BA4 4BY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with undertaking a book talk, four tickets for me and my family to attend
Glastonbury Festival 2022, total value £1,120
Date received: 24-26 June 2022
Date accepted: 24 June 2022
Donor status: company, registration 02737866
(Registered 27 June 2022)
Name of donor: Seabright Productions Ltd
Address of donor: 7-10 Adam Street, London WC2N 6AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's stay at a hotel in Edinburgh, value £475.20 and mileage expenses for travel to Edinburgh and back to Birmingham, value £236, total value £711.20
Date received: 13 August 2022
Date accepted: 13 August 2022
Donor status: company, registration 07008487
(Registered 02 September 2022)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry for Business, Tourism and
The PortAddress of donor:
HM Government of Gibraltar, Suite 971, Europort, Gibraltar GX11 1AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For me and my spouse, flights £980, hotel £350, two dinners £322, total value £1,652
Destination of visit: Gibraltar
Dates of visit: 25-27 November 2022
Purpose of visit: To attend the GIBUNCO Gibraltar International Literary Festival 2022.
(Registered 12 December 2022)
8. Miscellaneous
From 16 March 2022, a trustee of the Stacy Wanjiku Welfare Trust. Having raised money for the education and welfare of Stacey Wanjiru I am a trustee of the fund. Stacey is the daughter of
Agnes Wanjiru a Kenyan woman murdered in 2012 in a case linked to
British Armed Forces. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 24 March 2022)
From 21 October 2015, a director of the Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund, a fund that provides for political organisations to undertake activity such as encouraging wider political representation. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 14 March 2023)
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