SECOND INCOMES FOR BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL MPS

(Con) has the highest outside earnings. They include:

Senior adviser to Investec. Remuneration of £12,000 plus VAT a year, with an expected time commitment of approximately two days a year.

Senior adviser to Montrose Associates, strategic consultancy. Remuneration of £9,000 plus VAT a quarter (ie £36,000 a year) with an expected time commitment of two days a quarter (eight days a year).

Consultant with Ernst & Young. Expected remuneration of £30,000 plus VAT a year, in return for up to five days’ work.

Adviser providing general business advice to Arch Emerging Partners Ltd, investment managers. In return for 2.5 days’ work, £15,000 plus VAT a year, plus commission for introducing any new business.

Senior adviser on African matters to SouthBridge, an investment bank providing pan-African financial and advisory solutions for clients across Africa. Remuneration of £39,600 (which includes withholding tax), in return for a commitment of nine days a year.

Senior adviser to Kingsley Capital Partners (a private equity and venture capital firm). Remuneration of £50,000 plus VAT for the year to March 2, 2021.

Mr Mitchell also receives shares and options in Equinox International Holdings Limited, 0.5% in total vesting biannually over three years; and shares in Himalayan Ventures Limited, 0.5% in total vesting biannually over five years. Hours: eight days a year.

This comes to at least £182,600 a year for 34.5 days of work.

But the real sum is probably higher, as it does not include any commission received by Mr Mitchell for commission for introducing new business to Arch Emerging Partners Ltd, or the value of shares received in relation to his work for Kingsley Capital Partners.

Mr Mitchell said: “My outside interests are long-standing and properly recorded in the register of members interests.

“My constituents have always been my top priority and my outside interests do not trespass on my service to the Royal Town and all who live there.”

Tahir Ali (Lab, Birmingham Hall Green)

receives an annual allowance of £18,681 for his role as a councillor on Birmingham City Council, on top of his MP’s salary.

Saqib Bhatti (Con, Meriden)

continues to be a director of chartered accountants Younis Bhatti & Co. Ltd, and says he could receive payments if he carries out work for them, but the latest Register of Member’s Interests does not show that any payments have been received from them.

Liam Byrne (Lab, Birmingham Hodge Hill)

is an unpaid director of the Great Britain China Centre, which was set up by the Foreign Office, an unpaid governor at think tank the Institute of Government and an unpaid trustee of the Birmingham Museums and Arts Trust. It suggests he gives up some of his time to advising these organisations but is not paid by them.

Jack Dromey (Lab, Birmingham Erdington) does not have any outside interests.

Preet Kaur Gill (Lab, Birmingham Edgbaston) is an unpaid “ambassador” for Spring Housing Association, which provides social housing in Birmingham, and an unpaid ambassador for Greater

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.

Julian Knight (Con, Solihull) received a payment of £1,025.97 in March for royalties, after writing a number of books before he became an MP.

These include books in the “For Dummies” series, including British Politics for Dummies and Cricket for Dummies.

Like many MPs, he is paid by polling companies including YouGov and Ipsos MORI to fill in surveys. This included a payment of £275 in July 2021.

As chair of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Mr Knight is often asked to attend sporting or cultural events.

Although he receives free tickets, rather than money, these are also listed as a financial interest. Examples include two tickets to the cricket World Cup test final at Lords, valued at £300 in total, and two tickets for Wimbledon, valued at £480 in total.

Khalid Mahmood (Lab, Birmingham Perry Barr)

receives £25,000 a year as a consultant to think tank Policy Exchange. He says he provides advice on extremism, social cohesion and apprenticeships/vocational training, and works for up to 15 hours a month for them.

Shabana Mahmood (Lab, Birmingham Ladywood) does not have any outside interests.

Steve McCabe (Lab, Birmingham Selly Oak) mentions that (like many MPs) he is a landlord receiving rental income from a flat, but does not have any other outside interests.

Jess Phillips (Lab, Birmingham Yardley)

receives some payments as the author of books, including most recently one called Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics: My Life as an MP. She received a payment of £16,572.06 from publishers Simon and Schuster in April, and a payment of £11,425 in July.

She also receives £280 per column for writing a weekly column for the Independent news website.

Gary Sambrook (Con, Birmingham Northfield)

receives an annual allowance of £18,681 for his role as a councillor on Birmingham City Council, on top of his MP’s salary.

While being an MP he has also helped set up an accountancy and business services business called Sambrook Roberts Ltd, registered on July 13, 2021, but does not receive any payment from it. He is an unpaid director of the firm.