John Baron's Declaration of Interests

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES

Name of Candidate: John Baron

Constituency: Basildon & Billericay

Other Paid Jobs:

1. Fees for stewardship of investment portfolios for Newton Investment Management Ltd., 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4LA.

If elected, I intend to continue to hold this position.

2. Fees for articles in the Financial Times’ ‘Investors Chronicle’ magazine, Number One, Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL – all fees donated to charity.

If elected, I intend to continue with this employment.

The holding of positions of responsibility in some types of organisations:

1. Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (MCSI), 8 Eastcheap, London EC3M 1AE.

If elected, I intend to continue to hold this position.

2. Patron of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association, 13 Wetlands Lane, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6RA.

If elected, I intend to continue to hold this position.

3. Patron of Age Concern (Basildon), George Hurd Centre, Audley Way, Basildon, Essex SS14 2FL.

If elected, I intend to continue to hold this position.

Relevant Financial Interests, Reported Against the Following Categories:

Directorships (Current Directorships listed at Companies House): Not Applicable.

Clients: Not Applicable.

Land and Property:

1. Two residential properties in London, from which rental income is received.

If elected, I continue to hold these properties.

2. One residential property in Noak Bridge, Essex.

If elected, I intend to sell this property.

Shareholdings (greater than 15% of the share capital of the company or body or 15% or less of the issued share capital, but greater in value than £65,000): Not Applicable.

Tax Matters:

I support the next Conservative Government’s requirement that anyone who sits in either House will be required by law to be a full UK tax payer.

I confirm that, for the year 2008/9, I have not claimed to be, or been treated as not resident, not ordinarily resident, or non-domiciled in the UK for tax purposes.

Any Other Interests: Not Applicable.

Signed by John Baron

Dated: April 9, 2010.

The Committee on Standards in Public Life in its report on MP’s expenses and allowances published in November 2009, recommended that “all Candidates at parliamentary elections should publish, at nomination, a register of interests including the existence of other paid jobs and whether they intend to continue to hold them, if elected”.

The above Declaration has been made in accordance with ‘Ministry of Justice Guidance on Declarations of Interests’ issued on March 22, 2010.