House of Commons
Session 2023-24
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 29 April 2024
Bridgen, Andrew (North West Leicestershire)
Bridgen, Andrew (North West Leicestershire)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Political consultancy/advice
Payer: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project), 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 18 July 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 21 August 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 24 May 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 21 August 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 9 August 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 21 August 2023)
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 14 June 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 21 August 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 15 September 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 3 October 2023)
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: PPPromo, private address
Payment: £500 for a speech on 31 July 2023
Received on: 12 August 2023. Hours: 3 hrs.
(Registered 30 August 2023)
Role, work or services: Political consultancy/advice
Payer: Reclaim Party, 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 14 November 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 21 November 2023)
Payment: £1,500
Received on: 11 December 2023. Hours: 8 hrs.
(Registered 13 December 2023)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Use of a Land Rover Discovery for political campaigning and Parliamentary duties (value is estimated), value £3,834.27
Date received: 23 December 2023 to 1 November 2024
Date accepted: 23 December 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 January 2024)
Name of donor: The Reclaim Party
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 for my campaign fund
Date received: 24 January 2024
Date accepted: 24 January 2024
Donor status: registered party
(Registered 31 January 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 interest-free loan to cover accommodation costs of my constituency home
Date received: 23 August 2022
Date accepted: 23 August 2022
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 September 2022)
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, media support and speech writing provide by the Bad Law Project, value £800
Date received: 17 January 2023 to 31 January 2023
Date accepted: 17 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 17 February 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, social media strategy provided by the Bad Law Project, value £500
Date received: 17 January 2023 to 31 January 2023
Date accepted: 17 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 17 February 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In relation to a legal matter, to cover the cost of meetings, lunches, dinners and counselling between 13 January and 8 February 2023. (£45, £70.13 and £39.15 on 13 January 2023; £14.28 and £31.90 on 17 January 2023; £184.65 on 18 January 2023; £124.90 on 1 February 2023; and £92.35 on 8 February 2023), value £602.36
Date received: 13 January 2023 to 8 February 2023
Date accepted: 13 January 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 1 March 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Lunch for me and three members of my staff, value £172.15
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 30 May 2023)
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,750 paid to me to cover court costs relating to an ongoing legal matter
Date received: 8 June 2023
Date accepted: 8 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 16 August 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Reclaim the Media Limited (trading as the Bad Law Project)
Address of donor: 32 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1HD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £569 paid to me to cover court costs relating to an ongoing legal matter
Date received: 8 June 2023
Date accepted: 8 June 2023
Donor status: company, registration 13562398
(Registered 16 August 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £18,600 interest-free loan to cover accommodation costs of my constituency home
Date received: 25 August 2023
Date accepted: 25 August 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 September 2023)
Name of donor: Barry Carroll
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Stephen Harker
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,060 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Jane Glynn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £531 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 11 May 2023
Date accepted: 11 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Stephen StQuinton
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £500 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 16 May 2023
Date accepted: 16 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Swee Lip Quek
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £319 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 11 May 2023
Date accepted: 11 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Philip Cunningham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £955 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023. This donation was returned to the donor on 10 July 2023.
Date received: 11 May 2023
Date accepted: 11 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 October 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Dominic Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023. This donation was returned to the donor on 19 September 2023.
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 October 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Kirstie Wainwright
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Sponsorship of a reception in Parliament, value £5,255
Date received: 13 October 2023
Date accepted: 13 October 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 October 2023)
Name of donor: Kirstie Wainwright
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Post reception dinner, value £320
Date received: 13 October 2023
Date accepted: 13 October 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 October 2023)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Legal services provided in relation to a civil case, the costs of which will be repaid to the donor on an interest-free basis, value £4,470,576.42
Date received: 12 October 2020 to 18 December 2023
Date accepted: 12 October 2020
Donor status: individual
(Registered 19 December 2023)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Payment for legal services in relation to a civil case provided between 19 December 2023 and 8 January 2024, the costs of which will be repaid to the donor on an interest-free basis for services, value £50,000
Date received: 8 January 2024
Date accepted: 8 January 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 31 January 2024)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Legal services provided in relation to a civil case, the costs of which will be repaid to the donor on an interest-free basis (value is estimated), value £50,000
Date received: 29 February 2024
Date accepted: 29 February 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 4 March 2024)
Name of donor: Jeremy Hosking
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Legal services provided in relation to a civil case, the costs of which will be repaid to the donor on an interest-free basis, value £50,000
Date received: 4 April 2024
Date accepted: 4 April 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 April 2024)
Name of donor: Gillian Smith
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £468.47 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 31 March 2024
Date accepted: 31 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Jonathan Wainwright
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,346.44 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 31 March 2024
Date accepted: 31 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Sherrie Robinson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £897.56 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 31 March 2024
Date accepted: 31 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Martin Founds
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £475.62 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 29 March 2024
Date accepted: 29 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Abigail Darling
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £475.62 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 29 March 2024
Date accepted: 29 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Children's Health Defense Europe and Binders Initiative
Address of donor: Postboks 3207 Krossen, 4398 Sandnes, Norway
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Boat trip (£55) and accommodation (£186), plus reimbursement on 10 May 2023 for flights (£320) and other travel costs (£51), value £612
Destination of visit: Norway (Stavenger)
Dates of visit: 14 April 2023 to 16 April 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at the Spotlight Conference.
(Registered 11 May 2023)
Name of donor: European Parliament
Address of donor: Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels, Belgium
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £418.82 received on 12 September as reimbursement for travel costs and accommodation
Destination of visit: Belgium (Brussels)
Dates of visit: 4 July 2023 to 5 July 2023
Purpose of visit: Guest speaker (panellist) at a public debate, entitled 'European Public Health and Cooperation' on the 4 July 2023.
(Registered 25 September 2023)
Name of donor: The Danish Freedom Movement
Address of donor: FBF2020, Hindegade 6, 1303 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation, value £555.07
Destination of visit: Denmark (Copenhagen)
Dates of visit: 1 September 2023 to 3 September 2023
Purpose of visit: To speak at the Facts Matter conference.
(Registered 12 October 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: The Doctors’ Appeal
Address of donor: Läkaruppropet ideal förening, c/o Grycksbovägen 46, Enskede, 12247 Sweden
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for four nights (£384), food (£116), flights (£383) and other travel costs (£68), value £951
Destination of visit: Sweden
Dates of visit: 28 September 2023 to 2 October 2023
Purpose of visit: To participate and speak at the On Guard for the Liberty of Mankind conference.
(Registered 23 October 2023)
Name of donor: (1) Holistic Indigo AB (2) Binders - 927 925 621
Address of donor: (1) Vulcanusgatan 2, 113 21 Stockholm, Sweden. (2) Postboks 3207 Krossen, 4398 Sandnes, Norway
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights, value £303 (2) hotel and food costs (value is approximate), value £404
Destination of visit: Norway
Dates of visit: 8 February 2024 to 10 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To attend a conference/press conference to discuss various aspects around WHO membership for Norway, and other members of WHO.
(Registered 4 March 2024)
5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK
Name of donor: Rosemary Southwood
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £421.98 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 13 May 2023
Date accepted: 13 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Andrew Roberts
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £530 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 10 May 2023
Date accepted: 10 May 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 September 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Steven Kirsch
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 towards the costs of an event I hosted in Parliament on 4 December 2023. This was used to pay towards travel, accommodation and subsistence costs for speakers and their partners.
Date received: 7 December 2023
Date accepted: 7 December 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 December 2023)
Name of donor: Iain Cooke
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £466.80 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 31 March 2024
Date accepted: 31 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Lars Johansson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £345.93 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 31 March 2024
Date accepted: 31 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Michele Mckenzie
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £539.74 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 19 April 2024
Date accepted: 19 April 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
Name of donor: Abby Rockeeller
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £683.74 to the defamation action crowdfund registered under Category 8 on 12 June 2023
Date received: 30 March 2024
Date accepted: 30 March 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 April 2024)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Name of company or organisation: AB Produce PLC
Nature of business: Processing and distribution of fresh vegetables
Name of company or organisation: AB Produce Trading Ltd
Nature of business: Holding company
Name of company or organisation: Bridgen Investments Ltd
Nature of business: Investment company, investing in shares, property, building projects
Name of company or organisation: AB Farms Ltd
Nature of business: Potato production and storage
Interest held: from 6 February 2017
(Registered 21 March 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Name of donor: Democracy 3.0 (crowdfunder website)
Crowdfunding support for a defamation action. Crowdfunder website is Democracy 3.0. The fund is valued at £87,080 of 31 May 2023, with a total of £4,319 drawn down for court fees to date.
Date interest arose: 12 May 2023
(Registered 12 June 2023)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 January 2024. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.