Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, has welcomed the 'transparency' over the financial interests of politicians.
The register of interests is a system used by MPs to declare any earnings on top of their salary.
It shows that since December 2019, Mr Seely declared seven financial interests. These donations, gifts, payments and other benefits Mr Seely has declared so far are worth the equivalent of approximately £22,000.
Every year, millions of pounds pour into Westminster – into the accounts of the people, groups, organisations and parties that work and operate at the centre of Government. Although most of this money must technically be disclosed to the public, the way that information is reported, stored and displayed almost guarantees the records will not be widely scrutinised.
Payment records are spread across different Government websites, often split into small files covering short periods of time and regularly published with duplicate entries, spelling mistakes and other errors.
The largest single item Mr Seely has declared is a gift worth £5,340 from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain.
You can see the list below:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain (£5,340)
- Isle of Wight Conservative Patrons Club (£5,000 donation)
- Barry Field (former Island MP) (£4,000 donation)
- Sea View Yacht Club (£2,980)
- Bembridge Sailing Club (£2,440)
- Yalta European Strategy (£2,026)
- BBC (£200)
Responding, Mr Seely said:
“I am very happy to be scrutinised on my record, and I congratulate the investigators for doing this work. The more transparency there is, the better.
“My interests declared here are modest compared to other MPs. They include donations to the Conservative Party for the purpose of election campaigning, working trips to Bahrain and Ukraine, and honorary memberships of Isle of Wight sailing clubs.”
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