The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 17th October 2016

McCartney, Karl (Lincoln)

McCartney, Karl (Lincoln)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:

21 August 2015, payment of £75 for a Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

20 October 2015, payment of £75 for September 2015 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

14 December 2015, payment of £75 for October 2015 Parliamentary Panel Survey. Hours 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for opinion surveys:

13 January 2016, payment of £200 for Winter 2015 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 14 January 2016)

1 September 2016, received £200 for Summer 2016 Survey. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 September 2016)

Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for online surveys:

16 January 2015, payment of £60. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

10 March 2015, payment of £20. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

6 July 2015, payment of £70. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

28 July 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

20 October 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

17 November 2015, payment of £80. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

Payments from Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for MP panel surveys unless stated otherwise:

26 February 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

16 April 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

3 July 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

13 August 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

9 October 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

11 November 2015, payment of £50 for research project. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

20 November 2015, payment of £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 15 December 2015)

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: JCB Research
Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Denstone Road, Rocester, Staffordshire, ST14 5JP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,000
Donor status: company, registration no 00682651
(Registered 9 June 2015; updated 26 October 2015)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Hong Kong Government
Address of donor: c/o Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, 18 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): airfare £8,461, accommodation £1,642, transport £237, hospitality expenses (inc. interpretation, venue hire) £57; total £10,397
Destination of visit: Hong Kong
Date of visit: 25-29 January 2016
Purpose of visit: to maintain bilateral ties; support British businesses operating in Hong Kong; and deepen the knowledge of parliamentarians of Hong Kong’s political, social and economic development.
(Registered 16 February 2016)

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year

Residential/holiday property in Lincolnshire: (i) and (ii).

8. Miscellaneous

I continue to work for MLSystems, although I am no longer paid a salary. Instead, I receive a dividend from a shareholding which is below the registrable threshold.

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

I employ my wife, Cordelia McCartney, as Office Manager.