Expenses and interests
Highest business costs
The MPs with the highest IPSA business-cost claims this Parliament.
| # | Member | Party | Constituency | Amount paid | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative | Daventry | £385,772 | 172 claims | |
| 2 | Social Democratic & Labour Party | Foyle | £375,513 | 121 claims | |
| 3 | Scottish National Party | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | £373,630 | 259 claims | |
| 4 | Labour | Jarrow and Gateshead East | £367,387 | 197 claims | |
| 5 | Conservative | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | £367,008 | 346 claims | |
| 6 | Labour (Co-op) | Birmingham Edgbaston | £365,520 | 262 claims | |
| 7 | Scottish National Party | Dundee Central | £361,652 | 284 claims | |
| 8 | Liberal Democrat | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | £360,931 | 317 claims | |
| 9 | Scottish National Party | Angus and Perthshire Glens | £359,818 | 397 claims | |
| 10 | Conservative | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | £359,460 | 495 claims | |
| 11 | Conservative | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | £354,056 | 156 claims | |
| 12 | Conservative | Basildon and Billericay | £353,500 | 216 claims | |
| 13 | Labour (Co-op) | Leeds Central and Headingley | £352,455 | 183 claims | |
| 14 | Labour | Bridgend | £351,336 | 243 claims | |
| 15 | Labour | Bury South | £350,186 | 287 claims | |
| 16 | Labour | Hampstead and Highgate | £348,671 | 158 claims | |
| 17 | Plaid Cymru | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | £348,366 | 326 claims | |
| 18 | Conservative | Rutland and Stamford | £346,821 | 311 claims | |
| 19 | Conservative | South Shropshire | £344,176 | 287 claims | |
| 20 | Labour | Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | £343,115 | 298 claims | |
| 21 | Labour | Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North | £343,047 | 380 claims | |
| 22 | Conservative | Tatton | £341,750 | 265 claims | |
| 23 | Liberal Democrat | Orkney and Shetland | £341,665 | 333 claims | |
| 24 | Labour | Bristol North West | £339,591 | 172 claims | |
| 25 | Scottish National Party | Aberdeen North | £339,433 | 232 claims | |
| 26 | Labour (Co-op) | Wakefield and Rothwell | £338,859 | 203 claims | |
| 27 | Reform UK | Newark | £338,345 | 102 claims | |
| 28 | Labour | Pontypridd | £337,999 | 303 claims | |
| 29 | Labour | Liverpool Wavertree | £336,937 | 176 claims | |
| 30 | Liberal Democrat | Edinburgh West | £336,128 | 215 claims | |
| 31 | Labour | Gower | £335,996 | 198 claims | |
| 32 | Labour | Bethnal Green and Stepney | £335,964 | 116 claims | |
| 33 | Labour | West Lancashire | £335,933 | 131 claims | |
| 34 | Labour | Bolton South and Walkden | £335,868 | 177 claims | |
| 35 | Labour | Blyth and Ashington | £335,327 | 215 claims | |
| 36 | Labour | Barnsley North | £334,941 | 192 claims | |
| 37 | Labour | Mitcham and Morden | £334,297 | 184 claims | |
| 38 | Conservative | Keighley and Ilkley | £333,905 | 225 claims | |
| 39 | Conservative | Beverley and Holderness | £333,896 | 300 claims | |
| 40 | Labour | Bradford South | £333,007 | 251 claims | |
| 41 | Labour | Bradford East | £332,623 | 208 claims | |
| 42 | Liberal Democrat | Bath | £332,018 | 215 claims | |
| 43 | Conservative | Harrow East | £331,807 | 217 claims | |
| 44 | Labour | Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | £330,984 | 157 claims | |
| 45 | Democratic Unionist Party | Strangford | £329,359 | 205 claims | |
| 46 | Labour | Newcastle upon Tyne North | £329,146 | 160 claims | |
| 47 | Liberal Democrat | North Shropshire | £328,959 | 257 claims | |
| 48 | Labour | Sheffield South East | £328,778 | 340 claims | |
| 49 | Labour | Blackpool South | £328,575 | 254 claims | |
| 50 | Labour (Co-op) | Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | £327,652 | 315 claims |
IPSA claims paid for financial years from 2024/25 onwards. Most spending covers staff, office and travel costs, not personal income; London-area MPs claim less travel and accommodation by design.
These rankings are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.