Register of interests

Ben Shirley

I, Ben Shirley a Member or co-opted voting Member of the Cumbria County Council give notice that I have the following pecuniary and other interests as are required to be registered under the Council's Code of Conduct and relevant Regulations.

Disclosable Pecuniary interests are interests as specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State and either it is your interest or your partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom you are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom you are living with as if you are civil partners) within the following descriptions. (Please state NONE where appropriate)

1. (Pecuniary Interest) Please give details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain
Description of your employment activity Name of Employer or Body
Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Office Manager Simon Fell MP
Barrow Borough Council Member
2. (Pecuniary Interest) Please give details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the relevant authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your 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.
Name of Person or Body making Payments Details of Payment or Benefit
NoneNone
3. (Pecuniary Interest) Details of any contract which is made between the relevant person (or a body in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest) and the relevant authority (a) under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and (b) which has not been fully discharged
Description of Contract
Wife's family own Cumbria Design Scaffolding Ltd, and my wife works there, they also own Escape Hotels Ltd in Barrow in Furness, and numerous other properties
4. (Pecuniary Interest) Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the relevant authority.
Address/Description of Land Nature of Interest in Land
1 Folly Court Sandy Lane Askam in Furness LA16 7FG Owner
Cumbria Design Scaffolding Ltd Owned by wife's family and wife works there
Escape Hotels Ltd Owned by wife's family
5. (Pecuniary Interest) Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the relevant authority for a month or longer.
Address/Description of Land Nature of Licence in Land
None -
6. (Pecuniary Interest) Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge) - (a) The landlord is the relevant authority; and (b) The tenant is a body in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest.
Address/Description of Property Nature of Interest in Property
None -
7. (Pecuniary Interest) Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where (a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the relevant authority; 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 that share capital of that body is of more that one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.
Name of Company
Wife's family own Cumbria Design Scaffolding Ltd, and my wife works there, they also own Escape Hotels Ltd in Barrow in Furness
8. (Non-Pecuniary Interest) Details of any body of which you are a member or in a position of general control or management and to which you are appointed or nominated by the County Council.
Name of Body Details
ASKAM VILLAGE SCHOOL Parent Governor
Active Cumbria -
CHAPEL STREET INFANTS SCHOOL LA GOVERNOR
Neighborhood Grants Panel for Barrow Local Area -
9. (Non-Pecuniary Interest) Details of any body of which you are a member or in a position of general control or management and which (i) exercises functions of a public nature (ii) is directed to charitable purposes, or (iii) is a body which includes as one of its principal purposes influencing public opinion or policy (this includes political parties or trade unions).
Name of Body Details
BARROW AND DISTRICT JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAIRMAN
DALTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CENTRE TRUSTEE
Conservative Councillors Association Member
Conservative and Unionist Party Member
Barrow and Furness Conservative Association Member
Barrow and Dalton Branch of the Barrow and Furness Conservative Association Member
Conservative Environment Network Member
Board of Governors Chapel Street Infants School LA Representative
Askam Village School Parent Governor
Dalton United FC First Team Manager
Askam United FC Welfare Officer
Askam Community Centre Trustee
Askam GP Surgery Save our Surgery Working Group Co Chair
10. (Non-Pecuniary Interest) Details of any person from whom you have received, since 1 July 2012, a gift of hospitality with an estimated value of at least £100. You must register any gifts and hospitality worth over £100 that you receive personally in connection with your official duties.
Details of Gift or Hospitality received including date Name and Address of Donor
None -
11. Declarations - I have not omitted information that ought to be given in this notice and have not provided information that is materially false or misleading. I agree to give further written notice to Cumbria County Council's Monitoring Officer of any change to the interests specified above within 28 days of becoming aware of it.
Please state if you agree with these Declarations (Yes/No) Dated
Yes 19/05/21