Which MPs have second jobs and how much do they earn?

[Premi5]

Is there any reason why these news stories have come out recently ? To distract us from something else?

@MisterrSingh what do you think ?

[GurjantGnostic]

On 11/9/2021 at 7:05 AM, Premi5 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-59206904

Which MPs have second jobs and how much do they earn?

By Daniel Kraemer
BBC News

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The second jobs of MPs are under scrutiny after former minister Owen Paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules.

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said on Monday it would be "wise" to review the rules around second jobs.

Are MPs allowed second jobs?

Yes, as long as they are not a minister.

More than 200 MPs have received earnings in the last year on top of their £81,932 annual salary. The extra earnings range from £50 a year to almost £1m.

Those who leave government must consult the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments about any jobs they want to take up in the two years after leaving their post. They are banned from lobbying the government for two years.

All MPs are "strictly forbidden" from getting paid "in return for advocating a particular matter" in Parliament.

In 1995, the standards committee said that not having them would "not serve the best interests of democracy". It argued that Parliament needed "a wide range of current experience which can contribute to its expertise".

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Former minister Owen Paterson resigned as an MP to escape "the cruel world of politics"

The current debate is mainly regarding MPs who earn money as consultants or advisers. Less controversial second jobs range from doctors and nurses, to referees and musicians.

Which MPs have worked as consultants in the last year?

The following MPs have registered income from consultancy work on the Register of Members' Financial Interests in the last year. There is no suggestion that any of the MPs listed below have broken any rules.

• Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) holds six consultancy jobs, supporting investment banks and accountancy firms. He has registered more than £180,000 for 34.5 days' work
• Julian Smith (Conservative) is earning £144,000 for 62-84 hours' work for three companies, including advising on energy and renewable fuels
• Former transport and justice secretary Chris Grayling (Conservative) earns £100,000 to advise Hutchison Ports
• Mark Garnier (Conservative) is paid to sit on the advisory boards of two companies in the space and satellite industry, committing 20 hours a month for an annual payment of £90,000
• Sir Ed Davey (Lib Dem) works as a consultant for two firms alongside his job as leader of the Liberal Democrats. He says his extra £78,000 income goes towards supporting his disabled son
• Alun Cairns (Conservative), who left his post as Welsh Secretary in 2019, earns £60,000 advising three companies
• Ruth Edwards (Conservative), who has represented Rushcliffe since 2019, commits to 192 hours for £60,000 per year, advising a software company
• Stephen Hammond (Conservative) advises an investment company on political issues for £60,000 a year
• Since leaving his role as health minister in 2019, Steve Brine (Conservative) has joined three firms, including Sigma Pharmaceuticals. He earns almost £60,000 for 288 hours
• David Davis (Conservative) earns just over £50,000 as an adviser to two German companies
• John Hayes (Conservative) offers up to 90 hours of his time annually to international energy company BB Energy Trading, earning £50,000
• Former party leader and cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) advises two health companies for £45,000
• Damian Green (Conservative) advises transport company Abellio on rail policy for 288 hours and £40,000 annually
• Tim Loughton (Conservative) receives £37,000 for advising a children's services provider
• Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) provides "general advice" to an American mining firm, earning £36,000 a year
• Andrew Percy (Conservative) receives £36,000 a year for advising a Canadian clean energy company for six hours a month
• Khalid Mahmood (Labour) has committed up to 15 hours a month advising the Policy Exchange think tank on issues including extremism. He receives a salary of £25,000 a year
• Laurence Robertson (Conservative) advises the Betting and Gaming Council for £24,000 a year. He is expected to commit 10 hours a month
• Richard Fuller's (Conservative) outside earnings include £20,000 as an advisory director of an investment company
• Chair of the House of Commons justice committee Sir Bob Neill (Conservative) has been receiving almost £20,000 for two consultancy roles, including a law firm. One of the roles ended earlier this year
• Royston Smith (Conservative) has received £18,000 since May 2020 for 30 hours' work as a consultant for a property company
• Until earlier this year, Mark Pritchard (Conservative) was earning £18,000 a year for advice by the Consumer Credit Association
• Sir Greg Knight (Conservative) advises a bank for £16,000 a year on "general business and public relations"
• Until earlier this year, Ben Everitt (Conservative) committed 60 to 80 hours a year to advising the Institute of Chartered Accountants for £15,000
• Andrew Bridgen (Conservative) offers political advice for £12,000 a year, to a company which grows teak in Ghana
• Philip Davies (Conservative) earns £12,000 annually as a parliamentary adviser to the National Pawnbroking Association
• Sir Graham Brady (Conservative) earns £10,000 a year for 12 hours work as a strategic adviser
• Former universities minister Chris Skidmore (Conservative) provides advice on higher education for £10,000 a year
• Paul Maynard (Conservative) earns £6,250 a year as a consultant to a banking services company. He says his earnings go straight to charity
• John Redwood (Conservative) is an adviser for a private equity fund, for which he earns £5,000
• Until earlier this year, Andrew Lewer (Conservative) provided public policy advice to a property firm for £4,800 per year
• Dean Russell (Conservative) has received just over £2,000 in 2021 as a consultant for a business training company

What about other jobs?

Most of the MPs who have second jobs are not consultants.

Some of the highest earners in the House of Commons are lawyers.

Geoffrey Cox, who was attorney general during the height of the Brexit negotiations, has registered a total of £970,000 income in the last year, for 705 hours of legal services.

A number of MPs are also employed as doctors and nurses. Some have continued to work on the NHS front line during the pandemic.

Wow. They have great advice. Those aren't kickbacks at all. Like software expertise at rates exorbitantly greater than the best programmers and developers make. 

[Premi5]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59303410

 

Conservative MP Caroline Nokes has accused the prime minister's father, Stanley Johnson, of touching her inappropriately at the Conservative Party conference in 2003.

She told Sky News that Mr Johnson had smacked her "on the backside about as hard as he could" at the event in Blackpool.

Mr Johnson told Sky he had "no recollection" of Ms Nokes.

The BBC has approached him for a comment.

Ms Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North since 2010, was the Conservative candidate for the seat at the time of the alleged incident.

She told Sky News: "I can remember a really prominent man (Mr Johnson) - at the time the Conservative candidate for Teignbridge in Devon - smacking me on the backside about as hard as he could and going, 'oh, Romsey, you've got a lovely seat'."

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Caroline Nokes has been an MP since 2010

When approached about his alleged behaviour, Mr Johnson said: "I have no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all - but there you go. And no reply... Hey ho, good luck and thanks."

Ms Nokes has served as a minister for home affairs, work and pensions and in the Cabinet Office.

Mr Johnson, a former Member of the European Parliament, has never been elected as an MP.

[kcmidlands]

It's strange how all of this has come out and suddenly there's an attempted terrorist attack up in Liverpool to distract peoples attention, I'm not a huge conspiracy theory believer but this kind of thing has happened more than once, just sayin....

[Premi5]

1 hour ago, kcmidlands said:

It's strange how all of this has come out and suddenly there's an attempted terrorist attack up in Liverpool to distract peoples attention, I'm not a huge conspiracy theory believer but this kind of thing has happened more than once, just sayin....

Possibly, but I don't think the MP thing has been such big news to affect voters, but you could be right

[kcmidlands]

33 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

Possibly, but I don't think the MP thing has been such big news to affect voters, but you could be right

It was really more of an observation, every time the government get caught out doing no good there tends to be some sort of "event" that happens to distract the public, whether this particular situation affects voter doesn't really matter, what matters is it affect the pockets of those who got caught out.

[MisterrSingh]

3 hours ago, kcmidlands said:

It's strange how all of this has come out and suddenly there's an attempted terrorist attack up in Liverpool to distract peoples attention, I'm not a huge conspiracy theory believer but this kind of thing has happened more than once, just sayin....

They arrested 3 guys within ONE HOUR of the attack. How would the intelligence services know where to go to make the arrests if they weren't watching the people involved?

This lends credence to my personal theory that most of these attacks are allowed to happen, meaning the authorities are always aware of an imminent situation, the response / outcry to each attack being a particular political excuse to usher in legislation dependent on the direction they want society to travel, or at least gradually alter the mood and temperament of society.

In my younger days I believed these attacks were carefully planned and executed by State actors masquerading as terrorists or at least guys recruited by them, but that was me going a bit too far, lol.

[Premi5]

4 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

They arrested 3 guys within ONE HOUR of the attack. How would the intelligence services know where to go to make the arrests if they weren't watching the people involved?

This lends credence to my personal theory that most of these attacks are allowed to happen, meaning the authorities are always aware of an imminent situation, the response / outcry to each attack being a particular political excuse to usher in legislation dependent on the direction they want society to travel, or at least gradually alter the mood and temperament of society.

In my younger days I believed these attacks were carefully planned and executed by State actors masquerading as terrorists or at least guys recruited by them, but that was me going a bit too far, lol.

Might be somewhere in between your current and previous theories

[kcmidlands]

4 minutes ago, MisterrSingh said:

They arrested 3 guys within ONE HOUR of the attack. How would the intelligence services know where to go to make the arrests if they weren't watching the people involved?

This lends credence to my personal theory that most of these attacks are allowed to happen, meaning the authorities are always aware of an imminent situation, the response / outcry to each attack being a particular political excuse to usher in legislation dependent on the direction they want society to travel, or at least gradually alter the mood and temperament of society.

In my younger days I believed these attacks were carefully planned and executed by State actors masquerading as terrorists or at least guys recruited by them, but that was me going a bit too far, lol.

Yeah, there was a time a few years back where i would completely disagree with most of what you've said but given the events of the past couple of years the idea that these things are allowed to happen doesn't really sound that insane anymore.

 

[Premi5]