Member of the Steering Group of the Institute for Government Academy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 7 May 2024
(Registered 9 May 2024)
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Register of Members’ Financial Interests
What MPs themselves declare to Parliament: gifts, hospitality, employment and earnings, overseas visits, land and property, shareholdings and family interests. Search 3,409 declared entries across every MP, filter by category or date, and follow each entry back to the Member.
This is the parliamentary register — declarations MPs make about their own interests. It is separate from political donations recorded by the Electoral Commission, which tracks money given to parties and candidates. Two different registers, two different sources.
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Trustee of the PCPF Pension scheme, which oversees the pension fund for members and former members of the UK House of Commons. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 October 2020
(Registered 8 May 2024)
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 as Leader of the Liberal Democrats (£735 pa in 2015, plus £367.50 entrance fee), value £1,102.50
Date received: 1 August 2015
Date accepted: 1 August 2015
Donor status: friendly society
(Registered 10 August 2015)
Name: Susan Shelbrooke
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Secretary
Working pattern: Part time
(Updated 4 June 2015)
Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary life membership as Leader of the Liberal Democrats (value provided is that in 2023), value £798
Date received: 1 January 2022
Date accepted: 1 January 2022
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 17 January 2022; updated 25 January 2022 and 11 January 2023)
Member of the London Regional Board of the Labour Party.
Date interest arose: 21 March 2024
(Registered 26 April 2024)
Member of the British-American Parliamentary Group.
Date interest arose: 3 April 2024
(Registered 22 April 2024)
Role, work or services: Library copyright fees
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
Name: Nicola Roberts
Relationship: Sister
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Part time
(Updated 4 June 2015 and 15 April 2024)
Name: Nadeem Ashraf
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Caseworker
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 15 March 2016; updated 15 April 2024)
Trustee of Common Sense Media UK
Date interest arose: 27 March 2024
(Registered 9 April 2024)
A Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 April 2021
(Registered 19 May 2021)
Role, work or services: Adviser
From: 21 February 2023.
Payer: RTC Education Ltd (A provider of undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes to UK and international students.), 153 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 5BD
ACOBA consulted: Yes
Role, work or services: Strategic Adviser
From: 1 September 2018.
Payer: BB Energy Trading Ltd (an international energy company trading worldwide), 12-14 Ansdell St, London W8 5BN
ACOBA consulted: Yes
Role, work or services: Farming and administrative duties
Payer: Carla Lockhart and Rodney Condell, 5 Morrow Park, Clabby, BT75 0LT
Additional information: A family farm that I part own.
Role, work or services: Academic Work
Payer: Liberty Fund Inc (private educational foundation), 11301 N. Meridian Street, Carmel, IN 46032-4564, USA
Role, work or services: Consultant Global Counsel
From: 28 September 2020.
Payer: Withers LLP, 20 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7AN
(Registered 19 October 2020; updated 19 October 2021 and 3 January 2024)
Name: Hilary Lavery
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Secretary
Working pattern: Full time
Type of land/property: Residential property (apartments)
Number of properties: 7
Location: Southampton
Interest held: from 7 February 2018
Ownership details: owned by Mare Pond Properties Ltd
Rental income: from 7 February 2018
(Registered 7 March 2018)
Type of land/property: Agricultural property (agricultural buildings and field)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Wiltshire
Rental income: from 28 January 2022
(Updated 28 January 2022)
Role, work or services: Director
Payer: Finucane Toner Ltd (Solicitors), 76-78 Castle St, Belfast BT1 1HD
Role, work or services: Advisory Director
Payer: Investcorp Securities Ltd (a venture capital company), 48 Grosvenor St, London W1K 3HW
(Registered 9 January 2020; updated 18 July 2022 and 14 April 2023)
Role, work or services: Chair of the Advisory Board
Payer: Shetland Space Centre, Moray Park, Seaford Avenue, Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3J
Role, work or services: Independent Non-Executive Director
From: 1 March 2022.
Payer: LNT Care Developments Group (Residential care home developer and constructor), Helios 47, Isabella Road, Garforth LS25 2DY
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Registered 21 March 2022; updated 4 April 2023)
Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: David Luxton Associates Ltd, 23 Hillcourt Avenue, London N12 8EY
Role, work or services: Copyright payments for books written before my election to Parliament
Payer: Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, 4 Battle Bridge Lane, London SE1 2HX
Name: John Robinson
Relationship: Father
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Part time
(Registered 1 August 2016)
Name: Paul Townsend
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern: Full time
(Updated 5 January 2017)
Unremunerated director of CSL Publishing Ltd; publishing and other consultancy services.
(Updated 17 November 2015)
Name: Jennifer Murrison
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Caseworker
Working pattern: Part time
(Updated 29 June 2015)
Name: Kate Hoare
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 29 February 2016; updated 20 December 2019 and 14 November 2023)
Name: Simon Grant
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern: Full time
Additional information: I also employ my husband, Simon Grant, as Office Manager.
(Updated 18 November 2021)
Name: Emily Grace Ahmed
Relationship: Daughter
Role: Executive Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 3 June 2016; updated 7 June 2018, 14 December 2020 and 14 February 2024)
Type of land/property: Commercial property (offices and storage)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Croydon
Ownership details: held in trust by James Hay Pension Trustees Ltd, on behalf of myself and my husband
Rental income: from 1 April 2017
(Updated 7 September 2015 and 3 April 2017)
Type of land/property: Agricultural land (A single agricultural holding in Norfolk owned before becoming a Member of Parliament in 1992, and part of a family partnership (East Beckham) used for arable farming and tourism)
Location: Norfolk
Ownership details: part of a family partnership
Rental income: Yes
(Updated 17 November 2021)
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Glasgow
Rental income: from 1 June 2016
(Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016)
Unpaid director of the Peace and Justice Project, a company limited by guarantee. The company promotes peace and justice issues, both domestic and international.
Date interest arose: 13 October 2020
(Registered 26 February 2021; updated 16 December 2021 and 25 February 2022)
Type of land/property: Residential property (property)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 1 November 2017
Ownership details: Joint ownership
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 15 January 2019; updated 4 April 2019)
An ambassador for Spring Housing Association.
Date interest arose: 29 September 2020
Additional information: Before 29 September 2020, I was a Non Executive Unpaid Director.
(Registered 5 July 2017; updated 8 December 2020)
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: owned jointly with my wife
Rental income: from 1 June 2016
(Registered 2 June 2015; updated 28 June 2016 and 11 October 2016)
Source: the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, published by the House of Commons and synced from the Parliament Members API. Entries are the Members’ own declarations. Covers 588 of 650 current MPs; the remainder have no registrable interests recorded.