Liam Fox

Conservative MP for North Somerset

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Conservative MP for North Somerset

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Also represented Woodspring

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Liam Fox campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

  • Defence
  • Health
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Treasury
  • International Development
  • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
  • Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
  • Armoured Fighting Vehicles
  • Armed Forces: Training
  • Armed Forces: Deployment

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
  • Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022)
  • The Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade (13 Jul 2016 to 24 Jul 2019)
  • The Secretary of State for Defence (12 May 2010 to 14 Oct 2011)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ( 7 Dec 2005 to 6 May 2010)
  • Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs) (10 May 2005 to 7 Dec 2005)
  • Shadow Minister without Portfolio (10 Nov 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Co-Chair, Conservative Party (10 Nov 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Health (15 Jun 1999 to 10 Nov 2003)
  • Opposition Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales) ( 2 Jun 1998 to 15 Jun 1999)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (23 Jul 1996 to 1 May 1997)
  • The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (28 Nov 1995 to 23 Jul 1996)
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (20 Jul 1994 to 28 Nov 1995)
  • Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 27 Oct 1994)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
Contract with Quercus Editions Limited for writing a book. Address: Quercus Editions Limited, 55 Baker Street, 7th Floor, South Block, London, W1U 8EW.
Payments from WorldPR, Humboldt Tower, East 53 Street, Panama City, Urb. Marbella, Republic of Panama:
7 July 2023, received £10,000 as a six-month retainer fee covering 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023. If required, I will provide advice on Business and International Politics, and payments will be listed below. Hours: none to date. (Registered 26 July 2023)
From 18 October 2021, Chair of the Global Britain Commission, an independent, non-partisan, membership organisation which aims to ensure that economics and trade are at the heart of policy delivery. I receive payment for this role from Bradshaw Advisory, 83 Ducie Street, Manchester M1 2JQ. It was unpaid until 15 August 2022. (Registered 22 October 2021; updated 06 September 2022)
18 May 2023, received £2,000 for the period 1 March 2023 to 30 April 2023. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 31 May 2023)
Payments from Reach Shared Services Ltd, Third Floor, 5 St Paul's Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ:
31 October 2023, received £400 for an article published in the Sunday Express. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2023)
16 February 2024, received £400 for an article published in the Sunday Express. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 19 February 2024)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: First Corporate Shipping Limited (trading as the Bristol Port Company)
Address of donor: Level 8, 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 20 March 2023
Date accepted: 3 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 02542406
(Registered 06 April 2023)
Name of donor: Partners & Limited
Address of donor: MRIB House, 25 Amersham Hill, High Wycombe HP13 6NU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 28 March 2023
Date accepted: 14 April 2023
Donor status: company, registration 00497227
(Registered 14 April 2023)
Name of donor: The Perpetual Investco Ltd
Address of donor: Hinton Daubney House, Broadway Lane, Hinton Daubney PO8 0SG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 26 April 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 09394775
(Registered 12 May 2023)
Name of donor: James Thomas
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 26 April 2023
Date accepted: 12 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 May 2023)
Name of donor: Avre Partnership Limited
Address of donor: 9 Great Chesterford Court, London Road, Great Chesterford CB10 1PF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 31 May 2023
Date accepted: 13 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 09010358
(Registered 13 June 2023)
Name of donor: BMJ Waste Ltd
Address of donor: 20 Peterborough Road, Harrow HA1 2BQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 20 June 2023
Date accepted: 3 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 08080948
(Registered 03 July 2023)
Name of donor: Dukehill Services Ltd
Address of donor: 4 Birchley Estate, Birchfield Lane, Oldbury B69 1DT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 22 December 2023
Date accepted: 12 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 06317947
(Registered 15 January 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Carlton Club
Address of donor: 69 St James’s Street, London, SW1A 1PJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary Membership for life of the Carlton Club (annual value provided is that in 2024), value £760
Date received: 8 January 2004
Date accepted: 8 January 2004
Donor status: company, registration 00573221
(Updated 08 February 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd
Address of donor: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £8,525
Destination of visit: Washington, D.C. and New York, USA
Dates of visit: 19-21 March 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings in my role as Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group.
(Registered 29 March 2023)
Name of donor: Alliance for Public Awareness
Address of donor: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotel accommodation and transport, total approx. value £1,252.44
Destination of visit: Tirana, Albania
Dates of visit: 30 March - 1 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To visit and speak to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
(Registered 14 April 2023)
Name of donor: Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd
Address of donor: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £3,878.86
Destination of visit: Abu Dhabi, UAE and Amman, Jordan
Dates of visit: 19-23 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings in my role as Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group.
(Registered 25 April 2023)
Name of donor: Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd
Address of donor: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £2,476.74
Destination of visit: Morocco
Dates of visit: 30 May - 2 June 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings in my role as Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group.
(Registered 06 June 2023)
Name of donor: Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd
Address of donor: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £4,881.91
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 12-13 June 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings in my role as Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group.
(Registered 26 June 2023)
Name of donor: Alliance for Public Awareness
Address of donor: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation for me and a staff member, total approx. value £1,512.65
Destination of visit: Paris, France
Date of visit: 1 July 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend the Free Iran World Summit.
(Registered 10 July 2023)
Name of donor: Atenil S.A.
Address of donor: R.I. 3 Corrales Nº 659 e/ Pacheco y Lopez Moreira, Asunción, Paraguay
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £7,195.09
Destination of visit: Paraguay
Dates of visit: 13-20 August 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend the inauguration of the President as a guest of Atenil S.A. and to discuss investment potential for Paraguay.
(Registered 29 August 2023)
Name of donor: Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd
Address of donor: New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8TA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £5,424.11
Destination of visit: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Dates of visit: 5-11 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend meetings in my role as Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group.
(Registered 17 October 2023)
Name of donor: Government of Bahrain
Address of donor: Bahrain Embassy, 30 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £3,590
Destination of visit: Manama, Bahrain
Dates of visit: 16-21 November 2023
Purpose of visit: To attend the annual Manama Dialogue: a forum for policymakers and experts to debate and discuss the Middle East’s most pressing foreign policy, defence and security challenges.
(Registered 22 November 2023)
Name of donor: Transatlantic Bond Ltd
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and hotel accommodation, total approx. value £13,299
Destination of visit: Washington, D.C.
Dates of visit: 29 January - 3 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To speak at various political events and to attend meetings in my role as Chairman of Transatlantic Bond.
(Registered 09 February 2024)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Residential property in London SE1: (i) and (ii). (Registered 20 October 2011)
8. Miscellaneous
From 15 July 2021, Chair of the UK Abraham Accords Group, and from 17 January 2023 also an unpaid Director of Abraham Accords (UK) Ltd. The purpose of the group is to provide a UK forum to promote the Accords and the wider cause of peace across the Middle East. I consulted ACoBA about this unpaid role. (Registered 15 July 2021; updated 25 January 2023)
From 30 July 2021, UK Chair, and from 23 May 2022, a Director of Transatlantic Bond (formerly Conservative Friends of America). These are unpaid roles. (Registered 30 July 2021; updated 16 June 2022 and 08 February 2024)
From 13 September 2021, unpaid adviser to Arcs Energy. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 15 September 2021)
From 5 September 2023, Member of the Advisory Board for Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions (C3 Solutions). C3 Solutions is an educational organisation incorporated in Washington, DC. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 07 September 2023)

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