New East Lancashire MPs' first financial interest entries

The register reveals the earnings MPs make from jobs outside of Parliament, plus gifts and donations received and a range of other sources of income.

Members of Parliament are required to declare payments, gifts or donations over a certain cash amount which go on public record.

The amounts are more than £100 for extra work, more than £300 for gifts or trips abroad, more than £1,500 for donations, and also around property or land owned and shareholdings.

After July 4’s General Election, new MPs sat briefly before heading off on a summer recess and returning last week, and have already declared thousands in donations and what extra cash they could get on top of their MP salary.

These are all the payments and gifts East Lancashire’s MPs have declared since the election up until September 2, when the most recent entries were published.

Adnan Hussain (Independent) – Blackburn

Adnan Hussain (Image: UK Parliament)

Newly-elected Mr Hussain’s declarations mainly relate to his previous job as a solicitor and his other business interests, plus election campaigning.

This includes a £1,950 donation from Euro Packaging UK for campaigning, and a £4,000 a month salary for his role as director of Bank View Solicitors, based in Preston New Road, Blackburn, and £250 a month pay as a consultant for Fort Street-based Clarity Legal.

He declared shareholdings of more than 15 per cent in Bank View Solicitors, real estate firms One Nine Seven Investments, A&H Bros (& Others) Investments, and CHINA Ltd, plus rental company Clarity Legal, and is also a company director of One Nine Seven and A&H Bros.

Mr Hussain also declared he owns two properties in Burnley in which he does not live, which return an annual rental amount of more than £10,000 or are worth more than £100,000.

Sarah Smith (Labour) – Hyndburn

Sarah Smith (Image: UK Parliament)

Mrs Smith’s declarations, like Mr Hussain’s previously, cover the election campaign and life before parliament.

She has declared she rents out a flat in Cheltenham and a house in London which combined provide her more than £10,000 per year, or are worth more than £100,000.

She also has a shareholding of more than 15 per cent in consultancy business Limina Group Ltd, which she holds jointly with her husband.

Regarding election donations, Mrs Smith received a donation of £2,000 from the GMB Union to fund campaigning.

Oliver Ryan (Labour) – Burnley

Oliver Ryan (Image: UK Parliament)

Mr Ryan won Burnley from the Conservatives, and his campaign was boosted by £39,000 in donations from unions and individuals to support the effort.

The GMB, Unison and Labour Together all provided £10,000 each to support the election effort.

David Kogan provided £5,000 in donations for the campaign, while Anthony Watson and Michael Craven donated £2,000 each to Mr Ryan’s campaign.

Jonathan Hinder (Labour) – Pendle and ClitheroeJonathan Hinder (Image: UK Parliament)

Former police officer turned MP Mr Hinder, in a similar vein to constituency neighbour Mr Ryan, also received thousands in election campaign donations to fund his bid for the seat.

The biggest contributor was Robinson & Lawlor Ltd, based in Lomeshaye Road, Nelson, which donated £14,000, followed by Unite the Union which handed over £10,500, while Gary Lubner donated £3,750.

Maya Ellis (Labour) – Ribble Valley

Maya Ellis (Image: UK Parliament)

Former local government official Ms Ellis declared payment received for unused annual leave following her shock win over Tory veteran Nigel Evans, receiving £677.86 from Lancashire County Council.

She also received a campaign donation of £5,000 from Stephen Grayson, and also declared she holds an unpaid role as a parish councillor.

Andy MacNae (Labour) – Rossendale and Darwen

Andy MacNae (Image: UK Parliament)

The valley’s new MP – who beat long-time Tory Jake Berry – has, like his colleagues received election campaign donations, plus other business activities.

He was the director and chief executive of Ventre Xtreme Consultancy Ltd until July 5, a job which paid him £1,476.92 until the end of his contract at the end of July.

He also holds more than 15 per cent of shares in the company.

Mr MacNae also declared owning a property in Northwich, Cheshire, worth more than £100,000 or bringing in £10,000 a year in rent.

As far as campaign donations go, he received £10,000 from Labour Together and £5,000 from Paul Dark to support his election bid.

Away from East Lancashire, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s declarations included four hospitality tickets from the FA to see Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium, worth £4,000, plus a six-week accommodation donation worth more than £20,000 from Lord Waheed Alli.

Sir Keir was one of 11 MPs who were gifted tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour UK leg.

Tory leader Rishi Sunak twice used private helicopters provided by Richard Harpin, worth more than £11,000, while candidate for his replacement Kemi Badenoch has amassed £160,000 in donations to fund her leadership bid.

Her opponent James Cleverly has hit £90k, while other contenders Robert Jenrick (£105k), Priti Patel (£155k), Mel Stride (£30k) and Tom Tugendhat (£56k) have all also been filling their contest coffers.

Meanwhile, Reform UK leader Nigel Farah declared a monthly salary of just shy of £100,000 for his presenting job at GB News, plus more than £16,000 in earnings from Cameo and thousands more from social media sites Meta and X, and almost £12,000 for a speaking engagement in America.

He also received ringside boxing tickets from Dereck Chisora worth £2,000, awards night tickets, a trip to Belgium which cost just shy of £10,000 to speak at a conference, and also a trip to the Republican Convention in America costing £32,836 to “support a friend who was almost killed and represent Clacton on the world stage”.

This visit came after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

The register of members’ financial interests is updated fortnightly with all declarations publicly available.