THE register of financial interests for MPs in the UK has been published for 2024-25, including for those representing Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey.
Below, you can find what Becky Gittins (Labour, Clwyd East), Gill German (Labour, Clwyd North), Claire Hughes (Labour, Bangor Aberconwy), Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru, Ynys Môn) and Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd) have declared.
This list is created by House of Commons, officials based on information provided to them by MPs.
All MPs have to register their financial interests within 28 days of a new Parliament beginning, with newly elected MPs required to declare any relevant interests from the year prior to the election.
They must also notify the House of Commons of any changes or additions that happen throughout the parliament within 28 days.
Note: Liz Saville Roberts is the only MP on this list who was not newly elected on July 5.
Becky Gittins (Clwyd East) – total declared: £34,800
Mrs Gittins has four listed donors; three of whom are trade unions.
The other is Gary Lubner, the former chief executive of Belron (parent company of Autoglass), and who earlier this year donated £4.5million to the Labour Party.
A £7,500 donation from Mr Lubner has been attributed to Mrs Gittins.
Mrs Gittins also received a £10,000 donation from The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, £9,800 from public service union UNISON, and £7,500 from the GMB.
Gill German (Clwyd North) – total declared: £17,546.37
Ms German declared a final payment of £546.37 from Denbighshire County Council, which she received on July 27.
She was serving as Denbighshire County Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for education, children and families prior to her election on July 5.
Though she continued as a county councillor until the end of July, she did so “without financial allowance”.
Indeed, Ms German’s final payment refers to work as council leader which she undertook prior to being elected an MP – in the “hours” section, she states: “none since my election”.
Meanwhile, Ms German declared a £7,000 donation from the GMB, and £10,000 from think tank Labour Together Ltd.
Also included on Ms German’s register of interests is the unpaid role she held as a non-executive director of Denbighshire Leisure Ltd until July 15.
Claire Hughes (Bangor Aberconwy) – total declared: £10,000
Ms Hughes also received a £10,000 donation from Labour Together Ltd – this was “to support campaign activities leading up to the general election”.
She also declared a bungalow in Penmaenmawr, which she co-owns with a family member, as a property with a value of more than £100,000.
In addition, she is listed as an unpaid director of Space Republic Ltd, which trades as workspace company, Pluto.
Llinos Medi (Ynys Môn) – total declared: £0
Ms Medi made no financial declarations on her register of interests.
She is listed as a holder of the following unpaid roles:
- County councillor, Isle of Anglesey County Council
- Chair of governors, Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern
- Governor, Ysgol Gymuned Llanfechell
- Community councillor, Llanerchymedd Community Council
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) – total declared: £64,774.68
Mrs Saville Roberts received a total of £6,212 from trade union The Prison Officers Association between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
She received the same amount, during the same period, from NAPO, the trade union and profession association for family court and probation staff; the Public and Commercial Services Union; the University and College Union, a higher education trade union; and The Police Federation.
In addition, between January 1 and December 31, 2024, Mrs Saville Roberts will receive £6,430 from the Public and Commercial Services Union, The Police Federation, NAPO, The Prison Officers Association, and the University and College Union.
Mrs Saville Roberts also declared £725 as the probable value of a trip to Spain from September 10-11, 2023, paid by The Greens/European Free Alliance, a political group of the European Parliament.
The purpose of this trip was so that she could speak at an international political conference, which the European Free Alliance organised.
This estimated total of £725 was broken down into £255 on return flights for a member of staff to accompany her, £70 on taxi costs to and from Barcelona Airport, and an approximate £400 on hotel accommodation for two people.
She also declared £839.68, from the Nuclear Industry Association, for a trip to Finland from November 2-4, 2023.
This figure covered flights, accommodation, meals and transport, and was repaid to the Nuclear Industry Association on November 10.
The purpose of this trip was to visit Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant and the Onkalo geological disposal facility, as part of a nuclear energy all-party parliamentary group visit.
She also declared a house in Gwynedd, which she co-owns with two family members, as a property with a value of more than £100,000.
Mrs Saville Roberts is also listed as a holder of the following unpaid roles:
- Governor and director of Westminster Foundation for Democracy Ltd, the UK’s non-departmental public body set up to support democratic institutions overseas.
- Trustee of Ymddiriedolaeth Capel Newydd Nanhoron, a charity set up to preserve and maintain Capel Newydd, a 18th-century Gwynedd chapel, as a Grade I listed building.
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