MP Tony Baldry has revealed that he is a Freemason and receives income as a director of 12 companies.

The member for Banbury was paid between £30,000 and £35,000 by solicitors Zaiwalla & Co, simply for booking dining rooms at the House of Commons.

Mr Baldry has 23 entries in the latest list of MPs' declared interests, released today - more than any other Oxfordshire MP.

He is director of companies in Britain, Italy, the Czech republic and India and a member of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England. He also lists two foreign trips - one to Spain, with Conservatives Abroad, and to China, for a seminar on the building industry. Henley MP Michael Heseltine receives income as a director of the Haymarket publishing group and fees for speaking engagements. He lists shares in four companies.

Robert Jackson, MP for Wantage, is director of two companies and received between £5,000 and £10,000 as a consultant to the Wessex Pharmaceutical Group.

He lists a trip to Iran, with the British-Iranian All Party Parliamentary Group. His travel costs were met by British Airways.

Witney MP Shaun Woodward received income from media appearances and sponsorship from a property development company.

He lists five foreign trips and holds shares in Sainsbury's. MPs with nothing to declare include Dr Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, and Oxford East MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Smith.

Story date: Wednesday 23 February

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