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[[Geoffrey Cox]] has been the Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon since 2005.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-geoffrey-cox/1508 Mr Geoffrey Cox], www.parliament.co.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.</ref>
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[[File:Geoffrey Cox.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Geoffrey Cox]]
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'''Geoffrey Cox''' has been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Torridge and West Devon since 2005.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-geoffrey-cox/1508 Mr Geoffrey Cox], www.parliament.co.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.</ref> In the 2015 election he retained his seat with a majority of 18,403. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/geoffrey-cox/630 Geoffrey Cox] ''Express'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref>  
  
 
==External interests==
 
==External interests==
 
Between March 2013 and February 2014 Cox was the top earning MP for outside earnings. A practicing barrister, he often charges in excess of £600 an hour for legal services and earned £397,039 in the year.<ref> Vincent Moss [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-mps-earn-combined-4million-3296636#ICID=sharebar_twitter Tory MPs earn a combined £4MILLION from their lucrative jobs on the side] ''Mirror'', 30 March 2014, accessed 23 February 2015 </ref>
 
Between March 2013 and February 2014 Cox was the top earning MP for outside earnings. A practicing barrister, he often charges in excess of £600 an hour for legal services and earned £397,039 in the year.<ref> Vincent Moss [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-mps-earn-combined-4million-3296636#ICID=sharebar_twitter Tory MPs earn a combined £4MILLION from their lucrative jobs on the side] ''Mirror'', 30 March 2014, accessed 23 February 2015 </ref>
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*Practice at the Bar of England and Wales
 
*Practice at the Bar of England and Wales
 
*Messrs. [[Janes]], solicitors. Address: 17 Waterloo Place, London SW17 4AR:
 
*Messrs. [[Janes]], solicitors. Address: 17 Waterloo Place, London SW17 4AR:
*Received £105,750 for legal services provided between 1 March 2014 and 30 June 2014. Hours: 160 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)
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*Messrs. [[Travers, Thorp, Alberga, Attorneys]]. Address: Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, 103 South Church Street, Grand Cayman.<ref> They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11541/geoffrey_cox/torridge_and_west_devon Geoffrey Cox], accessed 23 February 2015 </ref>
*Received £73,095 for legal services provided between 1 September 2013 and 30 January 2014. Hours: 450 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)
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*Received £136,200 for legal services provided between 1 May 2014 and 31 August 2014. Hours: 200 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)
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In October 2015, Cox was forced to resign from the Parliamentary standards committee after failing to declare hundreds of hours of legal work outside of parliament on time. The MP claimed that practising law outside of his governmental duties gave him 'practical experience of a world outside politics'. <ref>[https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/arrivals-moves-departures-latest-appointments-civil-service-politics-and-public-0 Dods People, 'Arrivals, moves and departures'],Civil Service World, 26 October 2015, accessed 2 November 2015</ref>
*Messrs. [[Travers, Thorp, Alberga, Attorneys]]. Address: Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, 103 South Church Street, Grand Cayman.
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*Received £20,000 for legal services provided between 1 July 2014 and 31 August 2014. Hours: 40 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)
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==Staff==
*Received £77,500 for legal services provided between 1 July 2014 and 10 October 2014. Hours: 250 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)
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*[[Jonathan Cox]]
*Received £40,000 from Messrs. [[Khakhar & Co. Solicitors]], for legal services provided between 1 April 2014 and 31 July 2014. Address: 8 Cranbrook Road, Iford IG1 4DJ. Hours: 30 hrs. (Registered 15 October 2014)<ref> They Work For You, [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11541/geoffrey_cox/torridge_and_west_devon Geoffrey Cox], accessed 23 February 2015 </ref>
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*[[Alison Croft]]
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*[[William Holloway]] - overseas visit 2-9 November 2015 on fact finding delegation to Israel, funded by [[Conservative Friends of Israel]]. <ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsecret/sponsor-01.htm Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 19 April 2016</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief]] <ref>[https://freedomdeclared.org/about/appg/ 'Freedom Declared: Who we are'], Freedom Declared website, undated, accessed 6 November 2015 </ref>
  
 
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==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:52, 19 April 2016

Geoffrey Cox

Geoffrey Cox has been the Conservative Party MP for Torridge and West Devon since 2005.[1] In the 2015 election he retained his seat with a majority of 18,403. [2]

External interests

Between March 2013 and February 2014 Cox was the top earning MP for outside earnings. A practicing barrister, he often charges in excess of £600 an hour for legal services and earned £397,039 in the year.[3]

  • Practice at the Bar of England and Wales
  • Messrs. Janes, solicitors. Address: 17 Waterloo Place, London SW17 4AR:
  • Messrs. Travers, Thorp, Alberga, Attorneys. Address: Harbour Place, 2nd Floor, 103 South Church Street, Grand Cayman.[4]

In October 2015, Cox was forced to resign from the Parliamentary standards committee after failing to declare hundreds of hours of legal work outside of parliament on time. The MP claimed that practising law outside of his governmental duties gave him 'practical experience of a world outside politics'. [5]

Staff

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Mr Geoffrey Cox, www.parliament.co.uk, accessed 29 October 2013.
  2. Geoffrey Cox Express, accessed 20 May 2015
  3. Vincent Moss Tory MPs earn a combined £4MILLION from their lucrative jobs on the side Mirror, 30 March 2014, accessed 23 February 2015
  4. They Work For You, Geoffrey Cox, accessed 23 February 2015
  5. Dods People, 'Arrivals, moves and departures',Civil Service World, 26 October 2015, accessed 2 November 2015
  6. Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 19 April 2016
  7. 'Freedom Declared: Who we are', Freedom Declared website, undated, accessed 6 November 2015