Tens of thousands of pounds have been pouring in to certain parts of Wales to try and help beleaguered Conservative MPs hold onto their seats. In Anglesey Tory MP Virginia Crosbie has received more than £45,000 in private donations since 2022 on top of £50,000 she has previously received. We looked at the declarations of interests submitted by every Welsh MP. These do not just include donations to bankroll election campaigns but also tickets to events, trips abroad, and second jobs.
For each of the 40 Welsh MPs we have listed any cash donation as well as any gift over £100 and any second jobs (or third and fourth jobs in the case of one MP). We have not included declarations that relate to work-related travel (visits on parliamentary business). We have put the most recent declarations (from the start of 2022 onwards) at the top of each MP's section with more historic declarations listed below.
The MP's who have declared the most donations:
Virginia Crosbie, Conservative - Ynys Mon
In just the last year £45,500 of private donations have been declared by the Conservative Yns Mon MP Virginia Crosbie. On March 16, 2022, she received £20,000 from Patrick Evershed, an investment fund manager who was awarded a CBE for public and political service in June 2019.
She received two donations, one in June and another in November 2022, from the Cayzer Trust Company which is wholly owned by members of the Cayzer family. It is the principal vehicle through which the bulk of the commercial interests of the Cayzer family are consolidated including a strategic holding of some 34% in Caledonia Investments PLC, which is an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In April 2022 she also received a hefty £15,000 from the Carlton Club Political Committee. The Carlton Club is a members'-only club in London. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the days of Conservative Central Office. According to the club's website: “Today the club continues to uphold these values in its day-to-day activities."
Prior to this Ms Crosbie received just over £50,000 since becoming an MP from private donors. Many MPs receive the bulk of their donations just before an election to help with campaigning. However she was only given £5,500 before the 2019 election.
So why is so much private money pouring into this Welsh constituency? The seat is a three-way shootout between the Tories, Labour, and Plaid with high-profile Plaid politician Rhun ap Iorwerth planning to leave the Senedd to run in the next election. Polling suggests the Tories are on course to lose the seat in the next election. When WalesOnline approached Ms Crosbie she confirmed that the aim of the donations was to help keep the seat in Conservative hands.
She said: "I am proud and humbled that so many people and organisations are willing to donate to me so I can do my best to help the good people of Ynys Môn. I must be doing a few things right. The money is used for my campaign fund and to help islanders. This ranges from paying for refreshments for those who came to my cost of living fair in Holyhead recently or for more substantial spends like my annual report so there is no cost to the taxpayer.
“Other donated money has been spent on my defibrillator campaign for the island and for an event for dementia carers. Previously I have used donated funds to run a campaign about mental health – including sending a leaflet to every home on the island. This is a subject close to my heart following the suicide of my brother and something that could well have saved lives on Anglesey. I make no apology for taking money from other sources and using it on Ynys Môn to improve lives and keep the island blue."
Dr James Davies, Conservative - Vale of Clwyd
Since the start of 202 Mr Davies has received £5,000 from IX Wireless Limited based in Preston. They are a telecoms company and according to their website: "2019 saw IX Wireless Limited participate successfully in the UK Government’s Gigabit Voucher Scheme, with ten separate schemes approved in Northern England." He also received £9,500 from the Carlton Club Political Committee as discussed above.
According to Mr Davies the donations were made to his "community account". He told WalesOnline: "The community account is used to fund items such as printing and postage of campaign letters, newspapers, and leaflets to constituents, meeting the costs of local community campaigns eg. the printing of postcards re access to cash for local shops, the printing and posting of Christmas cards to constituents and local businesses, the rental for a franking machine, the facilitation of community events and constituent visits to Parliament, gifts for children relating to competitions I might run, and so forth. The political donors are very kind in assisting all this to happen."
Mr Davies' previous donations:
As an MP he has also declared donations including:
- £2,500 from IX Wireless Limited.
- Carlton Club Political Committee donated £2,500 in January 2020
- Association of Conservative Clubs, £2,500, January 2020
- United and Cecil Club, £2,500, January 2020
- United and Cecil Club, £1,000, January 2020
- Jane Dawnay, £2,500 for the purpose of campaigning in the EU referendum, June 2016
- Carlton Club, £5,000, June 2015
- United and Cecil Club, £4,500, June 2015
Simon Hart, Conservative - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Wolverhampton-born Simon Hart has been an MP since 2010. He was a member of Boris Johnson's cabinet serving as Welsh secretary while he employs his wife as an office manager at the taxpayers' expense.
He received £3,000 from communications company 8hwe Ltd in June 2022 and £685 from the Carlton Club in January 2023. In 2021 8hwe gave him another £3,000 and he also received £7,000 from Landsker Business Club.
You can see his previous donations below:
He received a total of £41,231.66 across four separate donations from longstanding Conservative supporter Alexander Temerko who is a Ukrainian-born energy businessman who was previously an arms tycoon. Two of the donations came from Mr Temerko himself and two others came from two of his companies Offshore Group Newcastle Ltd and Aquind Ltd.
Other donations include:
Johan Christofferson, a hedge fund manger known for his love of fox hunting, donated £10,000 in August 2014, another £10,000 in February 2015, and £5,000 in June 2010. Mr Christofferson also donated more than £30,000 to Boris Johnson's leadership campaign
London-based property developer Marc Pennick donated £2,000 in September 2019 and £5,000 in February 2019
Landsker Business Club gave £10,000 in September 2019 and £10,000 in October 2015
Michael O’Reilly gave £2,500 in October 2019
Businessman Fraser Duffin gave £5,000 November 2019 and £10,000 in October 2016
United & Cecil Club, a British dining club with close links to the Conservative Party who often focus on marginal seats, gave separate donations of £2,500 in November 2019, £1,000 in November 2019, £2,500 in September 2016, and £2,500 in March 2017
Communications company 8hwe Ltd gave £3,000 in January 2019 and and another £3,000 in July 2019
The Lord Daresbury, £2,000, June 2010
Two donations from David Lowes in 2015 and 2014 adding up to £4,500
Anthony Buckingham, £5,000, June 2010
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Patrons Club, £2,280.86, June 2010
In addition to his salary from November 2015 until July 2019 he worked as a "high-net-worth consultant" for the Countryside Alliance, a campaigning organisation that supports hunting at which he was previously chief executive. For this he received £30,000 a year in return for "a commitment of approximately eight hours a week". Before this he worked as as an outdoor education consultant for the Countryside Alliance and was paid £20,000 a year for six hours per week from July 2013 to May 2015.
Events Mr Hart attended include:
Two tickets to the Cricket World Cup Final from the England and Wales Cricket Board valued at £948 in July 2019
London-based property developer M A R Galadari twice gave Mr Hart tickets to see cricket at the Oval worth more than £1,200
In May 2014 he also accepted two tickets to the Chelsea Flower show worth £1,404.00 from Japan Tobacco International. Just three months before that Mr Hart was one of only 24 MPs who voted against tabled amendments to the Children and Families Bill which would enable the UK Government to:
- Introduce regulations requiring plain packaging for tobacco products
- Introduce regulations making it an offence to sell e-cigarettes to children under 18
- Make it an offence for an adult to buy cigarettes for anyone under the age of 18
Two years earlier Mr Hart was one of 50 MPs who wrote to then health secretary for England Andrew Lansley expressing serious concerns over the government's plain packaging proposals. He said: "There is no reliable evidence that plain packaging will have any public health benefit; no country in the world has yet to introduce it. However, such a measure could have extremely negative consequences elsewhere."
Alun Cairns, Conservative - Vale of Glamorgan
Former Welsh secretary Alun Cairns resigned from his ministerial role after it emerged that one of his staff was accused by a judge of deliberately sabotaging a rape trial. He was holding down three jobs in addition to his role as an MP. For these he is paid £60,000 a year for just over four hours work a week. One of these was being senior adviser to Newport-based company Veezu Holdings Ltd who run Amber Cars and Dragon Taxis. For this he receives £15,000 a year, paid monthly, for "providing strategic advice" He has to do 70 hours a year for this money. However in his latest declarations he said he received £8,000 "termination payment" in January 2023.
In the run-up to the World Cup he also received lavish gifts from the hosts Qatar and has spoken in the Commons to defend the Gulf state's different culture. You can read more here.
The member for the Vale of Glamorgan started a role as a senior adviser at the Crumlin-based BBI Groupin 2020. To earn his £15,000-a-year salary, which is in addition to his salary as an MP, Mr Cairns advised the company for just 70 hours a year (less than six hours a month). BBI Group is part of UK-RTC consortium, a group of companies and institutions which develop new coronavirus antibody tests. In partnership with Avacta Group they have worked on UK Government contracts to manufacture Covid-19 tests.
In 2021 he took up another job as an adviser to Elite Partners Capital Pte Ltd (a global property investment firm). For this he receives £30,000 per year, paid monthly, for "providing strategic advice" to the board. To earn this cash he has to work 84 hours a year.
Like Simon Hart, Alexander Temerko has given Mr Cairns cash. He received a £5,000 donation in June 2019 and in April 2014 he gave another £5,000 in a personal donation. This was followed in September of the same year with £5,000 but this time from another one of his companies – Offshore Group Newcastle Ltd.
Other donations have included:
- £10,500 from London-based property developer Marc Pennick (over four donations in 2018 and 2019)
- William Powell and Sons gave £5,000 in June 2010. Then in 2015 Mr Cairns received two donations for £2,000 from a William Johns-Powell and a Vanessa Johns-Powell
- United & Cecil Club, a British dining club with close links to the Conservative Party, gave £5,000
- Euro Foods Group, £10,000, December 2014
- Rhodri Traherne £2,000, September 2014
- Duncan Barber, £2,000, September 2018
Mr Cairns also received two tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show in both 2011 and 2012 worth more than £2,200. This came from a Japanese tobacco company. This was at the same time he voted against a bill banning smoking in cars carrying children and vocally opposed plain packaging on cigarettes.
Other events have included:
BSkyB gave him a ticket and hospitality for British Grand Prix worth £1,206 in July 2014
MIR Steel UK Ltd gave hime two tickets and hospitality to Wales v Ireland in March 2015 worth at £495 each
ITV PLC gave him a ticket to the National Television Awards worth £900 in January 2014 and 2013
He also makes money from renting out a property in Cardiff for more than £10,000 a year for which he claimed public funds during his time as an Assembly Member.
Trips Mr Cairns has taken include:
The Government of the Hong Kong funded a trip worth £10,226 for him to visit as part of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group delegation "to understand more about the political and economic environment in Hong Kong and the progress towards universal suffrage and to engage with and support bids by British business" in June 2014
Nominet UK twice paid £4,500 for him to visit Bali, Indonesia, in 2012 and 2013 as part of a parliamentary delegation to the Internet Governance Forum
Stephen Crabb, Conservative - Preseli Pembrokeshire
Former Wales Secretary Stephen Crabb has been an MP since 2005. He received no cash donations in the last year. He did however recieve tickets for the following events:
- TikTok donated four Six Nations rugby tickets that were used by a member of staff worth £320
- BP gave him two tickets with hospitality to Wimbledon worth £800 last summer
In previous years he has received donations from:
- Rayware Ltd gave Mr Crabb's campaign £4,000 before the last election. Tony Endfield is joint owner and managing director of Liverpool-based kitchenware firm Rayware. The firm reported turnover of £33.9m in the year to December 2018. Mr Endfield bankrolled several Conservative candidates' campaigns
- Anthony Ford gave £3,000 (Mr Ford also gave Boris Johnson £30,000 when he ran to be Tory leader in 2019)
Clerewell Ltd gave him two donations, in 2016 and 2019, adding up to £5,500. The company is run by Sir Michael Heller, a real estate mogul with interests in shopping centres and London’s Brixton Market. His firm has given many donations to the Tories. He was knighted during David Cameron’s premiership
Atul Patak, £2,500, July 2016. Mr Patak is the MD of Appt Corporation which operates 43 McDonald's UK restaurants in London and Berkshire. He also gave Theresa May £5,000 to support her bid for leadership of the Conservative Party
BDS Contracts, £2,000, June 2010.
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, £2,000, June 2015
Stephen Massey gave a private donation of £2,500 in October 2019
Mr Crabb also received:
Two M & S charity ball tickets worth £2,000 in October 2016 from Capestone Organic Poultry Ltd
Hydro Industries Ltd gave him four tickets with hospitality for the Wales v Argentina match at the Principality Stadium worth £833.36 in November 2016
Chris Bryant, Labour - Rhondda
The MP for the Rhondda has made substantial amounts through writing books and articles. In the last year he received £35,000 for activities related to his book-writing as well as £4,825 for writing articles for the Mirror and Daily Express. On top of this he received £3,900 for presenting a radio show with Global and taking part in other TV appearances.
In previous years he has received:
£53,750 for writing a column in the Independent from 2013 to 2014 which equates to £2,500 a week
Payments for articles for Mail on Sunday which took six hours for £3,400
Two articles for the Daily Mirror, for which he received £800
Payment of £500 received in August 2013 from The Times
In November 2016 he also received £1,500 for appearing on Have I Got News for You and has also received £600 from Global Radio for presenting for LBC on January 3, 2021, for three hours. In addition in March 2021 he received £2,000 from Goldman Sachs for speaking at an LGBTQ+ webinar on about his book for two hours. He was also paid more than £100,000 from publishers for various books and the rights to turn one into a TV series.
A fund-raising dinner held by the Rhondda Labour Party on March 3, 2010, raised £15,347.50, including the three following donations:
Craig Fraser £4,300
Dr Ved Bali £2,600
Bell Pottinger £2,500 (company)
He also received £5,000 from the Musicians’ Union in 2010. Mr Bryant wrote on his declaration: "This donation was given to the constituency association, who will report it to the Electoral Commission".
Tickets Mr Bryant has been given include:
Two tickets with dinner from England Rugby for the England v Australia match, October 2015, worth £730 while he was Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
Harriet Harman MP gave him one ticket for the Centre Court to watch Wimbledon, plus lunch and afternoon tea, which was worth £1,795
NCP also gave him a free car parking space at Cardiff railway station worth £1,247 in January 2010
Trips away have included:
£2,077.97 from Fundación Euroamérica, for speaking at the IV Foro México-Union Europea in November 2013. Fundación Euroamérica also paid the costs of flights and hotel accommodation for two nights worth £4,987.12
EU Russia Centre paid £2,500 to send him to Moscow in September 2010 to visit a series of human rights organisations and witness the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebede
Stephen Kinnock, Labour - Aberavon
Mr Kinnock has been the MP for Aberavon since 2015. In the last year he has received two donations from the Community Union ading up to £9,000. He also received two tickets to Wales vs Ireland in the Six Nations this year with hospitality and transport worth £800 from an Andrew John.
He has previously received the following:
In May 2021 he received £7,000 from the Community Union. In a statement a spokesman for Mr Kinnock said: "The annual Community donation goes directly towards Stephen's staffing costs. He doesn't financially gain from it." He also received a ticket to a Euro 2020 semi-final as well as transport to Wembley and pre-match dinner worth about £600. This came from the Danish Football Association.
Previously WalesOnline has reported that he has declared the following payments:
In October 2019 he received £1,000 from Warwick University for being a panellist on Warwick University's Question Time
He also received £750 from the law firm Shoosmiths for speaking at a webinar in May 2020.
The Berggruen Institute paid him £776 for co-authoring a paper in March 2019
Donations he has received include:
Community Union, £4,000, November 2019
Community Union, £7,000, April 2020
Community Union, £7,000, April 2019
Dr Joseph Zammit-Lucia, £5,000, November 2019
Innovation in Housing Ltd, £3,000, January 2020
In December 2018 Anneli Howard gave legal advice with a value of £5,260
He has a house in Neath Port Talbot worth £100,000 and/or giving rental income of over £10,000 a year.
Trips he has declared include:
A £591.77 trip from the Munich Security Conference Foundation to Minsk in October to attend the Munich Security Conference Core Group meeting.
The European Leadership Network (ELN) paid his travel worth £1,030.96 to St. Petersburg to attend a meeting of the Russian Contact Group, discussing Russia-West relations in 2018. The also paid for a similar trip to Brussels in 2017
The Community Union paid for flights, accommodation, and food with a total value of £3,500 so he could travel to Mumbai, India, as part of a delegation organised to lobby Tata over the future of the Port Talbot steelworks
Aberavon & Port Talbot RFC gave tickets for Mr Kinnock to attend the Wales v England match in February 2017. The combined value of the tickets was £1,280
Rob Roberts, Independent - Delyn
Mr Roberts gained his seat for the Conservatives at the last election. He was investigated after accusations of inappropriate behaviour against male and female members of staff. He no longer has the Tory whip and sits as an independent.
Airbus gave him two tickets with hospitality for the Airbus Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford worth £360 last summer. He received £4,250 in January 2020 from The Tandridge Club. The club is a pro-Conservative political discussion group. The conclusions of one of their discussions on their website reads: “Work ethic in UK people, especially the young, is weak. It is too easy and often beneficial to stay on benefits rather than take a job.”
He also received £2,000 from IPGL Ltd in January 2020. The director and majority shareholder in IPG is Michael Spencer. He was award a peerage in August 2020 in the political honours list.
Beth Winter, Labour - Cynon Valley
Nothing declared that meets the threshold.
Sarah Atherton, Conservative - Wrexham
Ms Atherton won her seat in the 2019 election. She received £5,00 from the Carlton Club Political Committee in April 2022. This was on top of £2,500 she received in 2020.
She received two tickets from Saab Technologies UK Ltd with hospitality for the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford worth £408 last summer as well as two tickets with hospitality from the organisers of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which had a total value of £1,200.
WalesOnline previously reported that she declared three donations in her first nine months in office:
Two were from the United and Cecil Club, a dining club with close links to the Conservative Party who are the seventh-largest donor to the Conservatives. They gave a total of £3,500 that was declared in January 2020
The Switzerland-based bank Schroder & Co, which provides “investment management services”, donated £5,000 in January 2020
A qualified nurse, she returned to the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic and worked 61 hours of shifts at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. She donated the payments to charity.
Ben Lake, Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion
The 27-year-old MP for Ceredigion took his seat in 2017. He had declared nothing that met the threshold.
Kevin Brennan, Labour - Cardiff West
Mr Brennan was first elected to Parliament in 2001. Since the start of 2022 he has been given tickets to nine events worth £5,245.
These have included:
- The Betting and Gaming Council gave him one ticket with hospitality to England v Wales rugby at Twickenham, worth £1,115
- Sky gave him one ticket with hospitality to the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards worth £300
- Sky UK Ltd, Sky Arts Salon event with hospitality, value £125
- The Society of London Theatre gave him two tickets to the 2022 Olivier Awards with hospitality worth £800
- The Ivors Academy gave him two tickets to the Ivor Novello Awards Ceremony worth £609
- UK Music Ltd gave him one hospitality ticket to Glastonbury Festival worth £660
- PRS for Music Ltd gave him two hospitality tickets to BST Hyde Park concert worth £675.46
- The Welsh Rugby Union gave him two tickets with hospitality for Wales vs Georgia rugby match worth £600
- Music Publishers Association Limited gave him one ticket and hospitality for Music Publishers Association Christmas Lunch worth £360
His previous declarations include:
Many of his declarations related to the band he is in with three other parliamentarians called MP4. These include:
- The Bedford Arms and Research in Motion sponsored them towards the costs of rehearsals, equipment, and launch reception for an album for £1,500 apiece June 2010
- He received £878.82 for two performances on December 19 and 20, 2018, on the Matt Forde Live Christmas Show
- Received £2,265.60 for shows between September and 18 October 2016 for appearing on the Dave TV series Unspun
Mr Bennan received £20,000 from News Group Newspapers in July 2013 as part of settlement in relation to phone hacking.
Donations he has declared include:
Unite Wales, £1,125, January 2020
Musicians Union, £4,000, January 2020
Unite the Union gave £2,000 of printing services ahead of the election in November 2019
Musicians Union, £5,000 donation to his constituency party, May 2010
UCATT (a union) gave £2,000 donation to his constituency party in May 2010
NCP car parking pass at Cardiff railway station worth £1,247 in March 2011
Events attended before 2020 include:
Universal Music Group International Ltd have twice given a ticket and hospitality to attend The Brit Awards worth around £1,100 in February 2020 and 2019. He was Shadow Culture Minister at the time
ITV gave him one ticket including hospitality to the National Television Awards as he was Shadow Culture Minister worth £1,330 in January 2019
PRS for Music gave him a ticket and hospitality worth £776.47 as Shadow Culture Minister to attend Glastonbury Festival in June 2019
News UK gave him one ticket, with hospitality, to Australia v Wales at Twickenham; worth £795 in October 2015
Wembley Stadium gave him Royal Box seats and lunch for two people at the Carling Cup Final in February 2012 worth £1,000
Fay Jones, Conservative - Brecon and Radnorshire
Ms Jones won her seat in the last general election in 2019. She has had nothing to declare which meets the threshold since 2022.
She has declared the following donations previously:
Water company Radnor Hills gave £10,000 which was declared in January 2020
Stalbury Trustees via Forsters gave £5,000 in January 2020. Their trustees include the Marquess of Salisbury, a former leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords who is known to have supported a Leave vote
When WalesOnline contacted Ms Jones she stressed that these were not donations to her personally but donations to the Brecon and Radnorshire Conservative Association for her election campaign.
Jessica Morden, Labour - Newport East
Ms Morden won her seat in 2005. In the last year none of her declarations have reached the threshold for inclusion here.
Her donations for the last decade are:
GMB, £5,000, January 2020
GMB Wales and South West, £4,400, June 2015
Community union, £3,000, January 2020
Jamie Wallis, Conservative - Bridgend
Mr Wallis gained the Bridgend seat in 2019. They have shareholdings in 15 companies, some of which are dormant. They are mainly around data recovery though there is one called Quickie Divorce. Since the election they habr left directorships at 14 different companies For their election campaign they received £24,153 of interest-free credit from Fields Associates Ltd – a company where they were a director. They own four commercial office units in Bridgend valued over £100,000 and/or giving rental income of over £10,000 a year.
Ruth Jones, Labour - Newport West
Ms Jones won her seat in a by-election in April 2019. Her donations were all declared in January 2020 and seem to mainly relate to the December 2019 general election:
GMB - £5,000
Unite the Union - £2,500
Communications Workers Union - £650
Communications Workers Union premises for use as a campaign HQ, value £3,500
Unite the Union - £1,000
Communications Workers Union use of office premises for the duration of by-election campaign - £2,750, April 2019
David Davies, Conservative - Monmouth
Mr Davies took the role of Secretary of State for Wales in the autumn. He recently had a prickly interview with WalesOnline when he was challenged about his views on climate change. You can view that here.
Nothing declared since 2022 meets the threshold for this article.
Mr Davies has previously received several payments for appearances on various media outlets.:
Payments from News UK & Ireland Ltd, November 2018, totalling £450 and a;sp for taking part in Talk Radio’s Julia Hartley Brewer Show he was paid £1,350
Has twice received £750 for appearing on Sam Delaney’s News Thing
He also received £3,500 for 35 hours from Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Co for advice on politics and current affairs issues and creative ideas for programmes and features between 2011 and 2015.
Donations that have been received include one from Ronald Hear for £3,000 in June 2010. There was another declared donation from Paul Bailey worth £25,000 in May 2017. However when we approached Mr Davies about the donation he said that it had not gone to him, his campaign, or constituency office.
He said: “The donation from Paul Bailey was to the local Conservative Association but I declared it to ensure there was no suggestion of a conflict of interest. Some of those were donations to the Conservative party in Monmouthshire and not to me personally.”
Hywel Williams, Plaid Cymru - Arfon
Nothing declared that meets the threshold.
Craig Williams, Conservative - Montgomeryshire (previously Cardiff North MP from 2015-17)
Mr Williams won his Montgomeryshire seat in 2019. He was previously the MP for Cardiff North and those claims are also included. However nothing has met the threshold since 2022. .
Previous donations include:
Association of Conservative Clubs, £5,000, for the 2019 general election
Mark Woolfenden (a spin doctor turned businessman) gave £5,000 which was declared in January 2020
The United and Cecil Club, £2,500, December 2015
He was given a rugby ticket and hospitality in 2015 from Cardiff Business Council worth £1,375.
Robin Millar, Conservative - Aberconwy
Mr Millar became an MP in 2019. He has nothing in the register that meets the threshold.
Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
The group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons has been an MP since 2015. Nothing declared meets the threshold for this piece.
Stephen Doughty, Labour - Cardiff South and Penarth
Mr Doughty has been an MP since 2012. Since the start of 2022 most of his declarations have been in relation to his role as an Army reservist.
His previous donations include:
Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers, £2,000, October 2019
GMB,£4,750, to support his re-election campaign, November 2019
Musicians Union, £4,000, November 2019.
GMB, £1,700, 2015
Cardiff Labour Party Group, £3,000, June 2015
Clive Jones let him use his property as a campaign office with a value of £2,636.29 (equivalent to rent and rates chargeable)
Anthony Martin, constituency treasurer of the Cardiff South and Penarth, raised £1,530.60 at a fundraising dinner for his constituency party
He has received donations to the following events:
£6,000 of Six Nations rugby tickets from taxi company Veezu Ltd, Smart Solutions Ltd, Brains Brewery, and The Royal Bank of Scotland
On the donations he received Mr Doughty previously said: “For clarity the vast majority of these donations obviously are related to my campaigns and election expenses in 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019. I obviously didn’t personally benefit from any of those donations or declarations.”
On the subject of the rugby games he attended he said: “On rugby hospitality – if I accept it – my general rule is only to go with local businesses or organisations where there is a direct constituency or parliamentary relevance and a working dinner/lunch around the match, which was the case for all of the ones listed. I always ask for the full commercial price from the sponsor, so that I am completely transparent as to the commercial value – though usually it just amounts to ticket and food.”
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour - Torfaen
The barrister and shadow secretary of state for international trade won his seat in 2015. Since 2022 his declarations have related to books he has written, including a biography of for Labour PM Harold Wilson, with total payments adding up to £7,210.
His previously-declared donations were:
Unite the Union, £2,756, for the general election in 2019
Unite the Union donated franking envelopes and making a video for the general election in 2019 worth £3,546.20
GMB trade union, £2,000, for the 2019 general election
He also received a £4,247.07 advance for a book from The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd as well as £625 from the Oxford Chinese Economy Programme for delivering a talk in August 2019.
David Jones, Conservative - Clwyd West
Mr Jones has represented Clwyd West since 2005.
The former secretary of state for Wales has only one declaration of interest and that was for £1,000 he received for writing an opinion piece in the Daily Mail. In it he said that Liz Truss needed to "play hardball" with Brussels. In January 2021 he received £500 from News UK for a piece in the Sun on Sunday.
He has received the following donations:
- Anthony Ford, £5,000, December 2019
- Matthew Ferrey, £2,500, to spend on the EU referendum June 2016
- Elisabeth Culshaw, £3,000, November 2014
He has a leasehold office premises in Llandudno, Conwy, valued over £100,000 and/or giving rental income of over £10,000.
Chris Evans, Labour - Islwyn
Mr Evans has been an MP since 2010. He has had no declarations of interest meeting the threshold in the last year. In July 2018 he received £1,000 from Capita for attending and delivering a speech at their Customer Service Conference. He donated this fee to charity.
In June 2019 he also received £4,400 as an advance for a book from Bloomsbury Publishing. In November 2016 the Lawn Tennis Association gave him one ticket with hospitality to the ATP World Tour Finals worth £605. The charity Crohns and Colitis UK donated £5,640 for taking on an intern for a 12-week placement.
Tonia Antoniazzi, Labour - Gower
The Labour MP was elected the MP for Gower in 2017. She has declared two events that she received tickets for. One was a "rugby match" on March 11, 2023 (presumably Wales v France in the Six Nations) worth £600 from S4C. The other was from Ffos Las racecourse, which was two tickets with hospitality for a Kaiser Chiefs concert.
She has received two donations in that time:
She was given £5,000 by Matthew Alan Oakeshott (also known as Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay) for her 2019 election campaign. Baron Oakeshott was a Liberal Democrat peer who resigned after being highly critical of Nick Clegg’s leadership. He has since donated substantial sums to Labour, the Libs Dems, and the Green Party since 2015 to “help save our country from a Tory government cringing to Ukip"
£2,000 from the Union GMB Wales & Southwest for her 2019 election campaign
She was also given hospitality tickets to England v Wales in August 2019 worth £717 by Premiership Rugby Ltd with Heineken UK giving her a ticket and hospitality to the Heineken Cup Final rugby match at Twickenham valued at £400 in May 2021. She owns a house in Carmarthenshire providing more than £10,000 a year in rental income.
Christina Rees, Labour - Neath
Ms Rees has been an MP since 2015. Nothing she has declared since 2022 meets the threshold.
Her previous donations include:
GMB, £2,000, for costs incurred at the 2019 general election
Communications Workers' Union, £2,000 per annum, paid in quarterly instalments of £500, which was declared in December 2015
She has a residential property in Bridgend county borough valued over £100,000 and/or giving rental income of over £10,000 a year. She was given a ticket by England Rugby for a match in 2015 worth £695 but did not attend the match.
Nick Smith, Labour - Blaenau Gwent
Mr Smith has not declared anything that meets the threshold since 2022.
Mr Smith has previously declared two donations:
Community, £4,000, October 2019
GMB Union, £4,000, November 2019
Wayne David, Labour - Caerphilly
Mr David has only declared one donation that meets the threshold. The Betting and Gaming Council gave him one ticket with hospitality to attend the England v Wales Six Nations international at Twickenham worth £1,115.
Carolyn Harris, Labour - Swansea East
Most of Ms Harris' declarations relate to TV appearences. She received £500 for co-hosting a panel show on GB News in August 2022 as well £4,250 for 11 appearances on Talk TV.
In addition she received two tickets with hospitality from Ffos Las racecourse to see the Kaiser Chiefs. swansea-city-fc>Swansea City AFC also gave her three tickets with hospitality for a Swansea City v Luton Town Championship match worth £900 in August 2022.
Previously Ms Harris has made two declarations:
GMB, £4,000, for the 2019 general election campaign
Unite the Union, £2,750, for the 2019 general election campaign
Gerald Jones, Labour - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Mr Jones gained his seat in the in 2015 election. No declarations have met the threshold since 2022. He received a £2,000 donation from GMB Wales and South West Region which was declared in January 2020.
Anna McMorrin, Labour - Cardiff North
Brecon-born Ms McMorrin has been the MP for Cardiff North since 2017. She has declared two items that meet the threshold since 2022.:
- Two tickets to Green Man Festival worth £420 from the festival organisers
- UK Music gave her one ticket for the Brit Awards worth £1,320
Previous donations have included:
She received a donation from Lord Matthew Oakeshott of £5,000 in September 2019
The USDAW union donated £10,000 in October 2019
Jonathan Edwards, Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Mr Edwards has been an MP since 2010. None of his declarations meet the threshold.
Chris Elmore, Labour - Ogmore
Mr Elmore has been an MP since 2016. Hew has made two declarations since 2022:
- Channel 4 gave him one ticket to the Baftas worth £1,200
- Channel 4 also gave him one ticket to the TV Baftas worth £772
His three previous donations have all come from unions in relation to his last election campaign:
Unite the Union, £2,000, January 2020
USDAW, £2,000, January 2020
GMB Wales and South West, £4,000, January 2020
Alex Davies-Jones, Labour - Pontypridd
Ms Davies-Jones was elected in the last election. All of her declarations have come from attending events:
- UK Music gave her one ticket to the Brit Awards with additional hospitality worth £1,090
- English Football League gave her two tickets with hospitality to the Carabao Cup Final match at Wembley worth £698
- Channel Four Productions took her as a guest to the Bafta Awards plus a gift bag estimated to be worth £488
- High Motive Ltd donated two tickets with hospitality to Wales v Italy rugby match at the Principality Stadium worth about £1,200
- Channel Four Productions also took her to the Bafta TV Awards plus associated hospitality worth an estimated £772
- PRS for Music donated two tickets for her and a guest to Glastonbury Festival 2022, including accommodation for three nights, hospitality, and transport costs worth £2,600
- Global Radio Ltd donated two tickets with hospitality for the Capital Jingle Bell Ball worth £500
- Google UK gave her a ticket to the Brit Awards with hospitality worth £900 in May 2021. This was a Government test event as society opened up after Covid
Ms Davies-Jones declared £3,307 from Unite the Union in January 2020. When WalesOnline approached her she said that no cash was donated. “Unite the Union kindly provided postage for election materials during my 2019 general election campaign,” she said. “No cash was donated and Unite instead franked election materials that were sent to local residents.”
Geraint Davies, Labour - Swansea West
Mr Davies had no declarations that met the threshold since 2022. Previously GMB gave a donation of £4,500 in June 2010.
Nia Griffith, Labour - Llanelli
The current shadow minister for exports has been an MP since 2005. None of the donations since 2022 met the threshold.
She has previously received the following donations:
USDAW, £2,000, for the election in December 2019
USDAW also paid £3,000 to her local constituency party on March 2015
BBC Cymru Wales gave her tickets and hospitality for two people at Wales v Ireland in the Six Nations in February 2013 worth an estimated £781.
Mark Tami, Labour - Alyn and Deeside
Mr Tami has been the MP for Alyn and Deeside since 2001. He has made no declarations that meet the threshold since 2022.
In the summer of 2021 he received a ticket and hospitality for England v Germany Euro 2020 match worth £1,961. This was donated by Power Leisure Bookmakers. UK Music also made him a guest at the Ivors award ceremony which was worth £572.
WalesOnline has previously reported that his donations include:
Unite the Union, £5,893, January 2020
Unite the Union provided postal vote letters during election in 2015 at the value of £2,258
Unite the Union, £3,000, April 2014
Lord Patrick Carter, £2,500, January 2020. Lord Carter was made a life peer by Tony Blair
Both he and his wife attended the Grand National race in April 2012 including overnight accommodation courtesy of Heineken UK. The value was value approximately £1,000.
Simon Baynes, Conservative - Clwyd South
Part of the 2019 intake to parliament Mr Baynes has made no declarations that meet the threshold of this article.
Jo Stevens, Labour - Cardiff Central
Ms Stevens won her seat in the Welsh capital in 2015. The current shadow secretary of state for Wales has made no declarations since 2022.
When she was shadow culture secretary the British Phonographic Industry gave her a ticket to the Brit Awards with hospitality worth £900 in May 2021. This was a Government test event as society opened up after Covid. UK Music also made her a guest at the Ivors award ceremony which was worth £572.
Wales Online has previously reported her donations which were all in January 2020:
Musicians' Union, £4,000
RMT, £2,000
GMB, £14,229.05
Unite the Union, £2,500
CWU Wales and the Marches, £2,000
USDAW, £2,000
ITV PLC gave her a ticket to the National Television Awards at the O2 worth in £1,330 in January 2019 in her capacity as a member of the Digital Culture Media and Sport Select Committee.
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