House of Commons
Session 2023-24
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The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 29 April 2024
Seely, Bob (Isle of Wight)
Seely, Bob (Isle of Wight)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: TV guest appearances
Payer: News UK & Ireland Limited, PO Box 151, Peterborough PE7 8YT
Payment: £300 for appearing as a guest on Talk TV's First Edition programme.
Received on: 5 April 2023. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 25 April 2023)
Payment: £300 for a guest appearance on a News UK show.
Received on: 22 May 2023. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 24 May 2023)
Role, work or services: Newspaper articles
Payer: Associated Newspapers Ltd, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT
Payment: £1,800 for three newspaper articles for the Mail on Sunday.
Received on: 11 January 2024. Hours: 3 hrs.
(Registered 19 January 2024)
Payment: £750 for an article for the Mail on Sunday.
Received on: 13 February 2024. Hours: 2 hrs.
(Registered 12 March 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Sea View Yacht Club
Address of donor: The Esplanade, Seaview, Isle of Wight PO34 5HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary Membership (£498 per annum), value £2,988
Date received: 9 June 2017 to 8 June 2023
Date accepted: 9 June 2017
Donor status: friendly society
(Registered 4 August 2022)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Le Cercle
Address of donor: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,422.18), accommodation (£470) and meals during the meeting (£520), value £2,412.18
Destination of visit: Poland (Warsaw)
Dates of visit: 6 July 2023 to 9 July 2023
Purpose of visit: A speaking engagement.
(Registered 4 August 2023; updated 10 August 2023)
Name of donor: (1) National Democratic Institute (2) Open Society Foundation
Address of donor: (1) 455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington DC 20001-2621, United States (2) 4th Floor, Herbal House, 8 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Accommodation, value £338.10 (2) Flights and transportation, value £431.05
Destination of visit: Czechia (Prague)
Dates of visit: 1 September 2023 to 2 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China Prague Summit.
(Registered 25 September 2023)
Name of donor: Yalta European Strategy Limited
Address of donor: Third Floor, 95 The Promenade, Cheltenham GL50 1HH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£74.75), conference fees (£305.48) and meal (£7.31), value £387.54
Destination of visit: Ukraine (Kyiv)
Dates of visit: 4 September 2023 to 10 September 2023
Purpose of visit: Travel around Ukraine and attending the Yalta European Strategy Conference.
(Registered 2 October 2023)
Name of donor: (1) Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2) International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Middle East
Address of donor: (1) PO Box 547, Government Road, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain (2) 14th Floor, GFH Tower, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Building 1411, Road 4626, Manama 346, Kingdom of Bahrain
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Transportation (£701.01), accommodation (£540), dinners/hospitality (£163), value £1,404.01 (2) Transportation (£35), dinners/hospitality (£24.50), value £59.50
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 17 November 2023 to 19 November 2023
Purpose of visit: Attending IISS Manama Dialogue 2023 as part of the Conservative Middle East Council delegation.
(Registered 13 December 2023)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Type of land/property: Residential property (property)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: shared ownership
Rental income: from 5 September 2023
(Registered 6 July 2017; updated 9 November 2021 and 26 September 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
Member of the Army Reserves.
(Registered 6 July 2017)
Name of donor: Royal Solent Yacht Club
Honorary membership of Royal Solent Yacht Club in Yarmouth. The annual value of this membership is below the registrable threshold.
Date interest arose: 9 June 2017
(Registered 18 January 2022)