THIS is how much money the Bradford district’s MPs have declared as receiving outside their parliamentary work so far this year.

The entries are made in the MP’s Register of Financial Interests, which exists to “provide information about any financial interest which an MP has, or any benefit which they receive, which others might reasonably consider to influence his or her actions or words as an MP”.

MPs have to declare payments in 10 categories: employment and earnings; donations; UK gifts and hospitality; political visits abroad; foreign gifts and hospitality; land and property; shareholdings; miscellaneous; family members employed and paid through parliamentary expenses, family members lobbying the public sector.

The register is updated fortnightly with the latest declared money or gifts received by MPs, this is a rundown of the amounts received by MPs in Bradford since the beginning of 2022 (including the back end of December 2021 due to the fortnightly update overlapping the New Year).

Bradford MPs register of interests declarations

 

Judith Cummins – Bradford South (Labour)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Philip Davies – Shipley (Conservative)

  • £1,500 received for 15 hours work writing three ‘Esther & Philip’ columns for the Daily Express on February 1, registered on February 8. Paid by Reach Group.
  • £1,000 received for 10 hours work writing two ‘Esther & Philip’ columns for the Daily Express on January 6, registered on January 11.
  • £225 received for 65 minutes work completing an opinion survey for Ipsos MORI on November 13, 2021, and registered on January 11.

Imran Hussain – Bradford East (Labour)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Robbie Moore – Keighley (Conservative)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Naz Shah – Bradford West (Labour)

  • Received flights, parking and PCR tests worth £369.40, plus hotel worth £172, to a total value of £583.21, for her and a family member to visit Lisbon, Portugal, from November 17-18, 2021, to give a keynote speech on Islamophobia at the Nobel Peace Centre, and to network at a conference. This was paid by The Concordia Network and registered on December 14.

 [Edit: the register says Lisbon, but the event was held in Oslo, Norway]

These are the following registers made by MPs in the surrounding areas of the Bradford district:

Kim Leadbeater – Batley and Spen (Labour)

  • Received £225 – which was paid direct to a local charity – from Ipsos MORI for 65 minutes work completing a survey on December 23, and registered on January 17.

Holly Lynch – Halifax (Labour) – constituency includes Shelf and Northowram

  • Received £225 from Ipsos MORI for two hours work completing a survey on January 12, and registered on January 14.
  • A bequest of £7,740.80, and received by local party or central party organisation, by Hilda Pickles, for campaigning in the constituency, registered on February 14.
  • £20,000 bequest from Hilda Pickles with the request it is spent on advancing the campaigns or careers of young socialist women. The first donations were allocated on February 8, with two recipients receiving £6,000 each. Received on January 20, registered on February 4.

Alex Sobel – Leeds North West (Labour)

  • Received £275 – paid directly to Leeds North West Labour Party – for one hours work from Ipsos MORI completing a survey on July 30, 2021, and registered on January 7.
  • Received £200 – paid directly to Leeds North West Labour Party – for one hours work completing a survey for YouGov on April 30, 2021, and registered on January 7.

Stuart Andrew – Pudsey (Conservative)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Andrea Jenkyns – Morley and Outwood (Conservative) – constituency includes Drighlington

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Craig Whittaker – Calder Valley (Conservative)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

Julian Smith – Skipton and Ripon (Conservative)

No financial interests registered so far in 2022.

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