Register of interests

Councillor Peter Zinkin

I, Councillor Peter Zinkin, an Elected Member of the London Borough of Barnet set out below the interests which I am required to declare by law and under the Code of Conduct for Members:

PECUNIARY INTERESTS

1. Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation

1. Your employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain, and that of your husband/wife/civil partner. Note: “Office” includes position held as representative of the council on the management of an external organisation if an Allowance is paid which exceeds reasonable expenses.
Completed by Member
Director of London Energy Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of the North London Waste Authority.

2. Sponsorship

2. Any payment or provision of any other financial benefit in respect of any expenses incurred in carrying out duties or towards election expenses; this includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union.
Completed by Member
Chair Finchley and Golders Green Conservative Association
The Conservative Party

3. Contracts

3. Any contract which is made between you or your husband/wife/civil partner (or a body in which you or your husband/wife/ civil partner has a beneficial interest) and the Council under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed and which has not been fully discharged.
Completed by Member
None

4. Land

4. Any beneficial interest in land held by you or your husband, wife or partner which is within the area of the council.
Completed by Member
Flat 46, 1B Hodford Rd, London NW11 8NL
Flat 2 Golder Court London N3 1US
Trustee - 212 Ballard Lane, N3 2LX
Flat 40 ,1B Hodford Rd London NW11 8NL

5. Licences

5. Any licence (alone or jointly with others) to you or your husband/wife/civil partner to occupy land in Barnet for a month or longer.
For completion by Member
None.

6. Corporate tenancies

6. Any tenancy where the landlord is the Council and the tenant is a body in which you or your husband/wife/civil partner has a beneficial interest.
Completed by Member
None.

7. Securities

7. Any beneficial interest in which you or your husband/wife/civil partner has in securities of a body where: (a) that body has a place of business or land in the area of the Council; and (b) either: (i) the total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or (ii) if the share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which you or a relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.
Completed by Member
None

8. Personal wellbeing

You may also have a pecuniary interest where you attend a committee meeting of the council where the business concerns your personal wellbeing or financial position or that of your husband, wife, partner to a greater extent than the majority of residents in your Ward affected by the decision. Please note that you will only know this when you attend a committee meeting or full council and an item on the agenda affects your wellbeing or that of your husband, wife, partner to the extent described above. You must then declare a pecuniary interest at the beginning of the meeting or before the relevant agenda item is discussed and not take part in the meeting when that agenda item is discussed.

9. Other Interests

8. Other Interests are ones where: a) Any decision in relation to the item at a meeting might reasonably be regarded as affecting the well-being or financial standing of you or a member of your family or a person with whom you have a close association to a greater extent than it would affect the majority of the Council Tax payers, ratepayers or inhabitants of the ward or electoral area for which you have been elected or otherwise of the authority’s administrative area. b) A close family member is a spouse, civil partner or any person living with the member as a spouse or civil partner, or a Member’s brother or sister, son or daughter or a parent.
Completed by Member
My wife is a Trustee of the United Synagogue and a School Governor at Wessex Gardens. My wife is also a Trustee of a Charity in formation to support Rimon Jewish Primary School. I am the Local Government liaison for Mike Freer MP and reachable in that role at peter.zinkin@parliament.uk

Hospitality

If you receive or have declined any gift or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £25 in your capacity as a Councillor, then you must give details in writing to the Council’s Monitoring Officer within 28 days of your receiving the gift or hospitality. These details must include the name of the donor, his or her main business (if appropriate), the nature of the gift or hospitality and its estimated value.

Declaration

I recognise that I will be in breach of the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members if I: (a) Omit information that ought to be given in this notice (b) Provide information that is materially false or misleading (c) Fail to give further notice within 28 days of any change to the information set out above in order to bring up to date the information given in this notice.

9. Dispensations
Dispensations Granted
Cllr Zinkin has been appointed by LondonEnergy Ltd (LEL) to act as a director of that company, and will receive £13,285 per annum as compensation for his time given to undertaking this role. This amount is consistent with allowances for Councillors for similar roles with a similar time and responsibility commitment. This payment is a disclosable pecuniary interest under the Member Code of Conduct. LEL is wholly owned by North London Waste Authority (NLWA), the statutory waste disposal authority of which this Council is a constituent borough. Cllr Zinkin was previously appointed to the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) by this Council, and in that capacity was nominated by NLWA for appointment by LEL to their Board. LEL has the role of disposing of North London’s waste, and carries this out through a contract with North LNWA. Following the local election in May 2022 Cllr. Zinkin was no longer a ,member of the authority but was asked to remain a director of LEL. Following the by election in February 2023 Cllr Zinkin has requested a dispensation. It is in the interests of the residents of North London, and specifically of this borough, that the role is carried out effectively, and that the governance arrangements put in place facilitate the company in carrying out its disposal of waste arising in the area. The appointment as Director of LEL creates an extremely positive link and connection from the constituent Boroughs to LEL who ultimately dispose of the waste for the residents of this Borough. The creation and maintenance of this link is in the public interest as it will ultimately facilitate a better service for the Borough. This is particularly the case during the next few years as the NLWA is responsible for the development of major new infrastructure through the North London Heat and Power Project, with LEL as the intended operator of new facilities. In order to allow Cllr Zinkin to participate in discussion and to take decisions relating to LEL of this Council, I have therefore given dispensation to Cllr Zinkin so that he can participate in such discussions and votes. This dispensation is effective until 10th May 2026 unless withdrawn previously by me.
10. My form has been signed and dated
Signed - Print name Date
Peter Zinkin 20/02/2023
Peter Zinkin 28/02/2023
Peter Zinkin 13/10/2023