Register of interests

Councillor Dan Swords

I, Councillor Dan Swords, a Councillor of Harlow District Council, set out below under the appropriate headings my interests, which I am required to declare under the Localism Act 2011 and the Council’s Code of Conduct and I have put “none" where I have no such interests under any heading.

Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

Councillors are required to register not only their own interests under this heading but also those of their husband or wife, civil partner or of any person with whom they are living as if husband and wife or as civil partners when such interests are known by them

1. Your employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on by you or those persons referred to above for profit or gain (includes any payments or benefits in kind which are subject to Income Tax).
Description of your employment activity
Director of Campaign Leaders Ltd
LGA Peer
2. Any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than for your authority) made or provided within the last 12 months in respect of expenses your have incurred in carrying out your 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
The Conservative Party covered the cost of my election expenses
Expenses for fulfilling the role of an LGA Peer covered by the LGA
3. A description of any contract for goods, services or works made between your authority and you or the persons referred to above (or a body in which you or they have a beneficial interest) and which has not been fully discharged
Description of Contract
None.
4. Any land in your authority’s area in which you have a beneficial interest
Details
Address withheld by agreement of the Monitoring Officer in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Appendix B Section 2 – Sensitive interest
5. Any land in the authority’s area for which you or the persons referred to above have a licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy for a month or longer
Address/Description of Land Nature of Interest in Land
None -
6. Any tenancy where to your knowledge the landlord is your authority and the tenant is a body in which you or a person referred to above has a beneficial interest
Address/Description of Property Nature of Interest in Property
None -
7. The name of any person or body in which you or a person referred to above has a benefit interest in securities of that body where: See note 7
Details
None

Other Pecuniary Interests

Councillors are only obliged to register their own interests under this heading and do not need to include the interests of husbands/wives/civil partners or others

8. The name of the person who employs or has appointed you, the name of any firm in which you are a partner, and the name of any company for which you are a remunerated director.
Details
Director of Campaign Leaders Ltd
9. A description of any contract for goods, services or works made between your authority and you (or a body in which you or they have a beneficial interest) and which has been fully discharged within the last 12 months
Details
None

Registerable Non-Pecuniary Interests

Councillors are only obliged to register their own interests under this heading and do not need to include the interests of husbands/wives/civil partners or others

10. Your membership of or the fact that you are in a position of general management and control of any body: See note 10
Name of Authority Position
Conservative Party Member
Harlow Regeneration Partnership LLP Chair
Executive of the District Councils’ Network Board Member
11. The name of any person from whom you have received a gift or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £50
Details
A roundtable breakfast event at the Conservative Party Conference with the developer Thakeham in which they provided breakfast and drinks - 4 October 2022 - Estimated Value £35
Complimentary lunch at the Harlow Rugby Club annual pre-match sponsor's lunch - 18 February 2023 - Estimated Value £50
Lunch provided by Montagu Evans - 31 October 2023 - Estimated Value £45
Harlow Regeneration Partnership Board meeting lunch - 15 December 2023 - Estimated Value £50
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