Nick Clegg

Former Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield, Hallam

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  • Legislating for Uk Withdrawal from the EU 30 Mar 2017

    I commend the Secretary of State for ignoring some of the more over-excitable demands from parts of the Brexit press and some of his Back Benchers, and for confirming, as he has done today, that he will incorporate into British law some of the jewels in the crown of the EU—the habitats directive, the working time directive and the green renewable energy directive—that we can all agree on....
  • Social Mobility Commission: State of the Nation Report 23 Mar 2017

    I thank the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) and the right hon. Member for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan) for the cross-party collaboration and work that has secured this debate on this all-important subject. In time-honoured Westminster fashion, there is an inverse relationship between the importance of a subject and the level of attendance, but that does not mean we should...
  • Social Mobility Commission: State of the Nation Report 23 Mar 2017

    The hon. Gentleman is entirely right. I have gone on a bit of a journey on this: I have always had a somewhat kneejerk liberal reaction of slight squeamishness and reticence about the idea of politicians, the Government, Whitehall and public policy experts seeking to tweak or improve how parents choose to raise their children, which I intuitively think is no business of politicians, but I...

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Profile

Former Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield, Hallam

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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Nick Clegg campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Home Department
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Health
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Transport
  • Departments: Legislation
  • Prisons
  • Departments: Databases
  • Criminal Offences
  • Identity Cards

Other offices held in the past

  • Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Trade) (29 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union) (29 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (26 May 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • The Deputy Prime Minister (11 May 2010 to 8 May 2015)
  • Lord President of the Council (Privy Council Office) (11 May 2010 to 8 May 2015)
  • Leader of the Liberal Democrats (18 Dec 2007 to 8 May 2015)
  • Leader of the Liberal Democrats (18 Dec 2007 to 8 May 2015)
  • Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office) ( 5 Mar 2006 to 18 Dec 2007)
  • Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (29 Nov 2005 to 19 May 2008)
  • Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (14 Nov 2005 to 25 Mar 2008)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (10 May 2005 to 3 Mar 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Future MPs in this constituency

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 2 May 2017.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from News Presenters Ltd, 17 Wheeler Avenue, Oxted RH8 9LF. I have consulted ACoBA about these appointments. (Registered 29 September 2015)
26 September 2016, received £30,800 for delivering a speech and participating in a discussion forum for MCI Amsterdam, Schipluidenlaan 4, 1062 HE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hours: 14 hrs (including travel and preparation time). (Registered 27 October 2016)
9 December 2016, received £18,000 for delivering a speech and Q&A for PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP, 1 Hays Lane, London SE1 2RD. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 January 2017)
15 December 2016, received £22,500 for delivering a speech and Q&A for SCOR (Financial Services), 5 Avenue Kleber, 75795, Paris, Cedex 16. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 January 2017)
30 March 2017, received £22,500 for delivering a speech and Q&A for J. P. Morgan Securities plc, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 April 2017)
Payments from the Evening Standard, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT:
29 April 2016, received £500 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 17 May 2016)
26 May 2016, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 22 June 2016)
13 June 2016, received £700 for writing two columns. Hours: 8 hrs in total. (Registered 22 June 2016)
24 June 2016, received £420 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 20 July 2016)
29 September 2016, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 05 October 2016; updated 27 October 2016)
13 October 2016, received £700 for writing two columns. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 27 October 2016)
27 October 2016, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 09 December 2016)
10 November 2016, received £850 for writing two columns. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 09 December 2016)
24 November 2016, received £500 for writing two columns. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 09 December 2016)
8 December 2016, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 09 December 2016)
28 December 2016, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 30 January 2017)
23 January 2017, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 21 February 2017)
9 February 2017, received £700 for writing two columns. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 21 February 2017)
24 February 2017, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 13 March 2017)
24 March 2017, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 27 March 2017)
6 April 2017, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 11 April 2017)
21 April 2017, received £350 for writing a column. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 April 2017)
21 April 2016, received £30,000 from Frederik Paulsen [private address], for delivering a speech and participating in a roundtable debate in Geneva. Hours: 6 hrs. Frederik Paulsen also paid for my flights and accommodation. (Registered 17 May 2016)
Payments from Penguin Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, via Georgina Capel Associates Ltd (entertainment agency), 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS:
19 July 2016, £41,000 advance instalment for book. £16,400 of this amount was paid to Open Reason. Hours: approx. 480 hrs to date. (Registered 18 August 2016; updated 31 August 2016)
26 September 2016, £20,500 second advance instalment for book. £8,200 of this amount was paid to Open Reason. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 27 October 2016)
21 October 2016, received £15,000 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 33 Oval Road, London SW1 7EA, for guest presenting Have I Got News for You. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 27 October 2016)
1 December 2016, received £450 from Dewynters Ltd (art and live entertainment marketing specialists), Wellington House, 125 Strand, London WC2R 0AP, for writing the editorial of a theatre production. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 December 2016)
12 January 2017, received £1,000 from Intelligence Squared, 6th Floor Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LQ, for speaking at an event. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 26 January 2017)
15 February 2017, received £400 from News UK & Ireland Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF, for an article in the Sunday Times. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 21 February 2017)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Dinesh Dhamija
Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 donated to Open Reason (see category 8 below)

Date received: 26 September 2016

Date accepted: 26 September 2016

Donor status: individual

(Registered 27 October 2016)
Name of donor: Alexia Adrianopoulous
Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 donated to Open Reason (see category 8 below)

Date received: 28 September 2016

Date accepted: 28 September 2016

Donor status: individual

(Registered 27 October 2016)
Name of donor: Adam Knight
Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 donated to Open Reason (see category 8 below)

Date received: 23 September 2016

Date accepted: 23 September 2016

Donor status: individual

(Registered 02 November 2016)
Name of donor: CRU Publishing Ltd
Address of donor: 5th Floor, Charles House, 108-110 Finchley Road, London NW3 5JJ

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 donated to Open Reason (see category 8 below)

Date received: 14 October 2016

Date accepted: 14 October 2016

Donor status: company, registration 02504047

(Registered 16 November 2016)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary life membership of the National Liberal Club; value for 2015-16: £770

Date of receipt of donation: 27 February 2008

Date of acceptance of donation: 27 February 2008

Donor status: friendly society

(Registered 10 June 2010; updated 26 July 2016)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Global Commission on Drug Policy
Address of donor: Rua Conde de Irajá, 370/3o andar, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brasil, CEP 22271-020

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights £5,280, accommodation £890, per diems £417; total approx. value £6,587

Destination of visit: New York

Date of visit: 19-22 April 2016

Purpose of visit: attendance and participation in the Global Commission on Drug Policy Plenary Session, as part of the UN Session of the General Assembly 2016.

(Registered 28 June 2016)
8. Miscellaneous
From 1 September 2015, sole member and director of Open Reason; a non-profit limited company (previously dormant) from which I derive no income, set up to support me in my role as former Deputy Prime Minister and to promote non-partisan evidence-based policy, both in the UK and internationally. (Registered 22 October 2015; updated 9 November 2015)
From 2 November 2015, unremunerated post as a commissioner for the Global Commission on Drugs Policy. (Registered 14 December 2015)

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