Alan has 24 declared interests across 7 categories on the Register of Members' Interests. All MPs are required to register certain financial and non-financial interests.
Registered interests
Interests registered across 7 categories. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Interests.
1. Employment and earnings (3)
Role, work or services: Partner (Unsalaried) From: 8 September 2025. Payer: Spex Capital Limited (Investment advisor), Albany House, Claremont Lane, Esher, KT10 9FQ ACOBA consulted: Yes Additional information: Any investment returns/payments will be listed below. (Registered 7 September 2025)
Role, work or services: Writing a book (in personal time) From: 19 June 2026. Payer: Icon Books Limited, Omnibus Business Centre, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP ACOBA consulted: Yes Additional information: Any payments will be listed below. (Registered 21 June 2026)
Role, work or services: Payments for translated version of my book (no additional hours worked) From: 17 August 2026. Payer: Commonwealth Publishing Company Ltd, No.1, Lane 93, Songjiang Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104, Taiwan Additional information: Any payments will be listed below (Registered 18 August 2026)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) (7)
Name of donor: Yasin Al-Gailani Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 19 September 2025 Date accepted: 19 September 2025 Donor status: individual (Registered 19 September 2025)
Name of donor: Hugh Sloane Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 Date received: 3 November 2025 Date accepted: 3 November 2025 Donor status: individual (Registered 8 November 2025)
Name of donor: Yasin Al-Gailani Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 23 April 2026 Date accepted: 23 April 2026 Donor status: individual (Registered 28 April 2026)
Name of donor: Polyseam Limited Address of donor: 15 St Andrew’s Road, Huddersfield HD1 6SB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 24 April 2026 Date accepted: 24 April 2026 Donor status: company, registration 02839491 (Registered 28 April 2026)
Name of donor: Polyseam Limited Address of donor: 15 St Andrew’s Road, Huddersfield HD1 6SB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 15 June 2026 Date accepted: 15 June 2026 Donor status: company, registration 02839491 (Registered 19 June 2026)
Name of donor: Yan Huo Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 Date received: 6 July 2026 Date accepted: 6 July 2026 Donor status: individual (Registered 12 July 2026)
Name of donor: Alex Davies Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 8 September 2026 Date accepted: 8 September 2026 Donor status: individual (Registered 8 September 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3)
Name of donor: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Charities) Ltd Address of donor: The Tattoo Office, 1-3 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2025, plus attendance at post-event reception, value £864 Date received: 23 August 2025 Date accepted: 23 August 2025 Donor status: company, registration SC108857 (Registered 15 September 2025)
Name of donor: Informa Telecoms & Media Ltd Address of donor: 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two access passes to London Tech Week venue for me and one staff member, for one day only, to participate in a discussion forum and meet other attendees, value £3,332.67 Date received: 8 June 2026 Date accepted: 8 June 2026 Donor status: company, registration 00991704 (Registered 8 June 2026)
Name of donor: Ascot Racecourse Limited Address of donor: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7JX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Access passes for one day, with hospitality, for myself and a guest related to attending race meeting, value £590 Date received: 18 June 2026 Date accepted: 18 June 2026 Donor status: company, registration 04320977 (Registered 25 June 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK (4)
Name of donor: (1) Körber-Stiftung (2) Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz Address of donor: (1) Pariser Platz 4a, 10117 Berlin, Germany (2) Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München, Germany Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Accommodation, meals and reception, and bus travel, value £317 (2) Accommodation, meals and reception, and bus travel, value £317 Destination of visit: Portugal Dates of visit: 4 September 2025 to 6 September 2025 Purpose of visit: Attendance at defence and foreign policy conference (Registered 23 September 2025)
Name of donor: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Address of donor: 42 Essex Street, London WC2R 3JF Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, transfers and catering, value £1,415.25 Destination of visit: Italy Dates of visit: 17 April 2026 to 19 April 2026 Purpose of visit: Conference attendance. (Registered 29 April 2026)
Name of donor: Informa Plc Address of donor: 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Admission (10/06/2026) to a conference on financial services (£6,662.81 value of a three day ticket) and admission (11/06/2026) to a one day conference on technology (£1,426.81), value £8,089.62 Destination of visit: Germany (Berlin) Dates of visit: 9 June 2026 to 12 June 2026 Purpose of visit: On 10 June 2026 I attended the first day only of a three-day financial services conference. On 11 June 2026 I attended a separate technology conference, both events were hosted by Informa Plc. (Registered 19 June 2026)
Name of donor: (1) Körber-Stiftung (2) Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz Address of donor: (1) Pariser Platz 4a, 10117 Berlin, Germany (2) Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München, Germany Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Accommodation, meals and reception, and bus travel, value £281.05 (2) Accommodation, meals and reception, and bus travel, value £281.05 Destination of visit: Italy Dates of visit: 3 September 2026 to 5 September 2026 Purpose of visit: Attendance at defence and foreign policy conference (Registered 19 September 2026)
5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK (1)
Name of donor: Association of Marshall Scholars Address of donor: 67 35th Street, Unit B-513 Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In-kind hospitality and accommodation relating to participation for me and a guest in a cross-party US-UK legislative exchange in Oxford, value £1,284 Date received: 12 June 2026 to 14 June 2026 Date accepted: 12 June 2026 Donor status: other (Non-profit endowment) (Registered 19 June 2026)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital (1)
Name of company or organisation: AM Office Ltd Nature of business: Book publishing Interest held: from 28 May 2026 (Registered 7 June 2026)
8. Miscellaneous (5)
Solicitor, England and Wales (non-practising). (Registered 5 June 2015)
Ambassador for The Blossom Awards (non-profit initiative for the British-Chinese community, administered by my partner’s company). This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 1 January 2020 (Registered 8 January 2020)
Bursary Campaign Ambassador for St. Peter’s School, York (registered charity). This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 1 June 2022 (Registered 1 June 2022)
Unpaid director of AM Office Ltd (Book Publishing) Date interest arose: 28 May 2026 (Registered 7 June 2026)
Member of the Pride in Place Leigh Park Neighbourhood Board. This is an ex-officio and unpaid role in my constituency. Date interest arose: 17 July 2026 (Registered 18 July 2026)