Register of Member Interests – David Thompson

REGISTER OF MEMBERS INTERESTS

I, David Stephen Thompson as a member (or co-opted member) of Shenstone Parish Council, give notice to the Monitoring Officer of the Lichfield District Council of the following disclosable pecuniary interests, as required by Section 30 of the Localism Act 2011, and other interests as required by the Shenstone Parish Council’s Code of Conduct.

A Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (as defined by regulations made by the Secretary of State)

* Note: In the notice below my spouse or partner means anyone who meets the definition in the Localism Act, i.e. my spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom I am living as husband or wife or a person with whom I am living as if we are civil partners, and I am aware that that person has the interest.

1. Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation

Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain. [this will include another council or public authority from which you receive payment or allowances]

Myself

My spouse or partner*

Northern Ireland Housing Executive Independent Committee Member

Longhurst Housing Group Board Member

Tower Hamlets Borough Council Pensions Board Member

Helm Rigg Housing Management Company Director and Chair, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria

Chair of School Governors St Peter and St Pauls Primary School Lichfield

City of Birmingham Child Adoption Panel

2. Sponsorship – Any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the Council named above) made or provided within the period of 12 months ending today in respect of any expenses incurred by me in carrying out duties as a member, or towards my election expenses. This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

None None
3. Contracts – Any contract which is made between

  • me or my spouse or partner*, or
  • a firm in which either of us is a partner, or
  • a body corporate of which either of us is a director, or
  • a body in the securities of which either of us has a beneficial interest)

and the Council named above –

(a) under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and

(b) which has not been fully discharged.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

None None

4. Land Any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the Council named above.

Beneficial interest could include land or property which you own or have a right to occupy (e.g. a tenancy) or receive an income from. This may include your home.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

Address of land:

19 New Road Shenstone Staffs WS140NQ

Address of land:

19 New Road Shenstone Staffs WS140NQ

5. Licences – Any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the Council named above for a month or longer.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

None None
6. Corporate tenancies – Any tenancy where (to my knowledge) –

(a) the landlord is the Council named above; and

(b) the tenant is a body in which I or my spouse or partner* has a beneficial interest.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

None None
7. Securities1

Any beneficial interest in securities of a body where –

(a) that body (to my knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the Council named above; and

(b) either –

(i) the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or

(ii) if the share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which I or my spouse or partner*has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.

Myself

My spouse or partner*

None None

B Other Interests (As defined in the Shenstone Parish Council’s code of conduct)

8. Membership of Organisations

(a) any body on which I am in a position of general control or management, onto which I have been appointed or nominated by the Council:

Shenstone Playing Fields Management Committee

(b) any body, on which I am a member, or in a position of general control or management, exercising functions of a public nature (e.g. school governing body):

None

(c) any body, on which I am a member, or in a position of general control or management, directed to charitable purposes:

None

(d) any body one of whose principal purposes includes the influence of public opinion or policy (including any political party or trade union):

None

  1. Gifts and hospitality

Any gifts or hospitality worth more than an estimated value of £50 which I have received by virtue of my office

In December 2023 I received a Christmas Hamper worth £140 which I donated to Our Lady of Windermere Catholic Church Cumbria and have an email receipt for that donation. I also inform the Clerk and Chair.

Signed David Thompson Date 14/05/24

(The completed form should be returned to the Monitoring Officer of Lichfield District Council within 28 days of your becoming a councillor.)

1securities” means shares, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, units of a collective investment scheme within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and other securities of any description, other than money deposited with a building society.