Christopher Heaton-Harris

Christopher Heaton-Harris, MEP

Christopher Heaton-Harris (born 28 November 1967, Epsom, Surrey) is a British MEP from Conservative and Unionist Party.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Member, Committee on Culture and Education
• Member, Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
• Substitute, Committee on Budgetary Control

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Vice-Chairman, Association of English Football Agents (Unpaid)
• Board Member, SOLL Leaisure (Daventry) Ltd (Unpaid)

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Occasional consultancy for European Consultancy Network Ltd

Financial Support Received in Connection with Political Activities:

Financial:

• Birmingham Airport parking space
• Air France Club 2000 card
• BA Silver Card
• BMI Gold Card

In terms of material:

• I was speaker at the East Midlands Branch of the "Securities and Investments Institute" dinner, which included dinner and drinks for my wife and I.
• Guest of Chelgate at the Conservative Party Conference Gala Dinner.
• Dinner, paid for by reporters from the Daily Mail group.
• Dinner at UK Ambassador to the EU´s residence, provided by the RFU.
• Lunch at Boisdales, London - provided by Santander Group.
• Dinner provided by UPS in Washington DC.
• Dinner at Rugby Expo Awards, provided by organisers.
• Friends of Football Dinner at Stanhope Hotel, Brussels - provided by UEFA.

Further Information:

• I use Alliotts Accountants in Guildford as my "Service Provider". They ensure that all the money I have allotted to me for staff is spent correctly, that the correct tax, national insurance and other deductions are made and report this annually to the European Parliament services. Their address is: "Friary Court", 13-21 High Street, Guildford, Surrey. GU1 3DL.
• I do currently employ a member of my family to work for me. My wife, Jayne, is my UK Diary Secretary and she is paid within the salary band £10k - £20k. Should you wish to meet with me about European issues, either in Brussels, Strasbourg or (preferably) the UK, please hit the "Contact Chris" link on the left-hand menu and we can start the ball rolling.
• I also employ two full-time staff in Brussels (Keith Newman and Jonny Goff) and in the UK (as well as Jayne) I have a Press Officer (Lydia Smith), administrative services provided for me (by West Northamptonshire Conservative Grouping), a Researcher, Rupert Matthews, (who also keeps my website up-to-date), occasionally pay Limelight Software Ltd who do all the funky stuff on my website, take occasional legal and academic advice and, when finances allow, bring out work experience students to Brussels for short periods of time. I also pay my Interns, as and when I have them.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Member of the European Parliament (since1999).
• Secretary of Sports Intergroup (2002- ).
• Chairman of Friends of Football (UEFA) (since 2003).
• Parliamentary candidate, Leicester South (1997).
• By-election candidate, Leicester South (2004).
• Soccer referee (1983- ).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

14E157

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45523

Email:

christopher.heaton-harris@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.heatonharris.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Christopher Heaton-Harris, 09 January 2008, accessed 03 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Christopher Heaton-Harris, accessed 03 February 2009.