House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 9 October 2017

Watson, Tom (West Bromwich East)

Watson, Tom (West Bromwich East)

1. Employment and earnings

Payments from the Story Mining and Supply Co LLC, 3000 Alpine Road Suite 100 Menio Park, California, USA, received via Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd, 291 Gray’s Inn Road, Kings Cross London WC1X 8QJ. (Updated 02 November 2016)

22 January 2016, received £9,439.99 for a film rights option on a book I co-authored. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 18 February 2016; updated 02 November 2016)

17 October 2016, received £10,974.17 for a film rights option on a book I co-authored. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 28 October 2016; updated 02 November 2016)

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

Name of donor: Max Mosley
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £300,000 received via the Labour Party to support my office as Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for DCMS
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 February 2017)

Name of donor: GMB
Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 06 July 2017)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 15 February 2017
Date accepted: 9 March 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 09 March 2017)

Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and specifically ‘The Future of Work Commission’, which I co-chair
Date received: 27 February 2017
Date accepted: 9 March 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 09 March 2017)

Name of donor: Sir David Garrard
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and a contribution to my General Election campaign fund
Date received: 25 April 2017
Date accepted: 28 April 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 April 2017)

Name of donor: Ian Corfield
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and a contribution to my General Election campaign fund
Date received: 26 April 2017
Date accepted: 28 April 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 April 2017)

Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and a contribution to my General Election campaign fund
Date received: 28 April 2017
Date accepted: 28 April 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 02 May 2017)

Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 13 July 2017
Date accepted: 18 July 2017
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 July 2017)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Live Nation
Address of donor: 25 Argyll Street, London W1F 7TU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Five tickets with hospitality to attend Glastonbury Festival, total value £2,445
Date received: 16 June 2017
Date accepted: 22 June 2017
Donor status: company, registration 02409911
(Registered 04 July 2017)

Name of donor: The Championships, Wimbledon
Address of donor: Church Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 5AE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for Wimbledon, including lunch, value £3,790
Date received: 5 July 2017
Date accepted: 5 July 2017
Donor status: company, registration 7546773
(Registered 20 July 2017; updated 14 August 2017)

Name of donor: Warner Bros. Entertainment UK
Address of donor: 98 Theobald's Rd, London WC1X 8WB
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the premiere of Dunkirk, including hospitality, value £370
Date received: 13 July 2017
Date accepted: 13 July 2017
Donor status: company, registration 259661
(Registered 13 September 2017)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: (1) Labour Friends of Israel (2) Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: (1) BM LFI, London WC1N 3XX (2) 9 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd., Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 9103001
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For myself and two members of staff: (1) travel and accommodation with a total value of £4,500 (2) hospitality with a total value of £375.
Destination of visit: Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Dates of visit: 14-17 November 2016
Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit. Meeting with Israeli and Palestinian co-existence campaigners, politicians, academics, journalists and diplomats.
(Registered 02 December 2016)

8. Miscellaneous

From 5 December 2013, Honorary President of the Goulash Co-operative Limited, 2 Coombe Warren, Brinklow Road, Coventry CV3 2AB (registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965), in which I hold one share. Expected commitment of 2-3 hours per month for which I receive no remuneration. (Registered 20 December 2013; updated 6 January 2014)

 

Prepared 10th October 2017