Register of Members' Financial Interests
MPs registered interests - Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
Employment and outside earnings is the category most commonly referred to as MPs' second jobs. It covers any paid work outside parliament, including speaking engagements, consultancy, journalism, broadcasting, directorships, and ongoing professional roles. Payments from a single source must be declared once they exceed £300 in a calendar year, along with an estimate of hours worked.
Registered Interests Summary for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
# UK MP Registered Interests: Employment and Earnings Summary 307 of 650 MPs have declared employment and earnings interests totalling £9,872,341 across 549 registered entries. The highest single payment was £1,096,544, with Goldman Sachs International and Millennium Steel Publishing being the largest organizational and individual benefactors respectively.
Highest Earning MPs for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
# Top Earning MPs by Declared Interests Rishi Sunak (Conservative) leads the register with declared earnings from six interests, primarily from Goldman Sachs International. Nigel Farage (Reform UK) follows with earnings from sixteen interests, with GB News Ltd as his main source of income.
Richmond and Northallerton
Clacton
Torridge and Tavistock
Godalming and Ash
Hertsmere
Rhondda and Ogmore
Party Statistics for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
# Employment and Earnings by Party Conservative MPs declared the highest total employment and earnings at £5,722,962 across 57 of 116 MPs, while Reform UK declared £1,923,694 across 5 of 8 MPs with the highest average per MP at £240,462. Labour (Co-op) had the largest number of MPs with declarations at 183 of 403, though with the lowest average per MP at £4,327, followed by Liberal Democrats with 43 of 72 MPs declaring an average of £3,751 each.
| Party | Total Declared | Average per MP | % with Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
58 of 118 MPs
|
£5,959,578
|
£50,505
per all 118 MPs
|
49.2%
|
|
£1,923,694
|
£240,462
per all 8 MPs
|
62.5%
|
|
|
184 of 406 MPs
|
£1,817,146
|
£4,476
per all 406 MPs
|
45.3%
|
|
43 of 71 MPs
|
£270,076
|
£3,804
per all 71 MPs
|
60.6%
|
|
1 of 1 MPs
|
£89,069
|
£89,069
per all 1 MPs
|
100.0%
|
|
6 of 11 MPs
|
£53,212
|
£4,837
per all 11 MPs
|
54.5%
|
|
4 of 10 MPs
|
£15,287
|
£1,529
per all 10 MPs
|
40.0%
|
|
4 of 5 MPs
|
£6,141
|
£1,228
per all 5 MPs
|
80.0%
|
|
3 of 4 MPs
|
£5,203
|
£1,301
per all 4 MPs
|
75.0%
|
|
0 of 1 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 1 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
£0
|
£0
per all 7 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
|
0 of 5 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 5 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
0 of 2 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 2 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
£0
|
£0
per all 1 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
|
£0
|
£0
per all 1 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
|
0 of 2 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 2 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
0 of 1 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 1 MPs
|
0.0%
|
Table of members with Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
308 MPs have registered interests categorised as 'Employment and earnings' with Parliament.uk.
|
MP Name
|
Constituency
|
Num Interests
|
Total Paid
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nigel Farage Reform UK |
Clacton England |
16 | £1,752,947 |
|
Sir Geoffrey Cox Conservative |
Torridge and Tavistock England |
13 | £1,403,972 |
|
Tom Tugendhat Conservative |
Tonbridge England |
11 | £45,317 |
|
George Freeman Conservative |
Mid Norfolk England |
10 | £38,500 |
|
Barry Gardiner Labour (Co-op) |
Brent West England |
7 | £73,555 |
|
Rupert Lowe Restore Britain |
Great Yarmouth England |
7 | £89,069 |
|
Sir Jeremy Hunt Conservative |
Godalming and Ash England |
6 | £474,470 |
|
Dr Peter Prinsley Labour (Co-op) |
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket England |
6 | £7,127 |
|
Sarah Sackman Labour (Co-op) |
Finchley and Golders Green England |
6 | £27,770 |
|
Rishi Sunak Conservative |
Richmond and Northallerton England |
6 | £2,664,384 |
|
Dan Carden Labour (Co-op) |
Liverpool Walton England |
5 | £12,308 |
|
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Conservative |
Chingford and Woodford Green England |
5 | £13,490 |
|
Mark Garnier Conservative |
Wyre Forest England |
5 | £32,120 |
|
Clive Lewis Labour (Co-op) |
Norwich South England |
5 | £4,253 |
|
Michael Payne Labour (Co-op) |
Gedling England |
5 | £74,953 |
|
Jess Phillips Labour (Co-op) |
Birmingham Yardley England |
5 | £68,122 |
|
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour (Co-op) |
Clapham and Brixton Hill England |
5 | £3,218 |
|
Dr Scott Arthur Labour (Co-op) |
Edinburgh South West Scotland |
4 | £0 |
|
Suella Braverman Reform UK |
Fareham and Waterlooville England |
4 | £118,904 |
|
Deirdre Costigan Labour (Co-op) |
Ealing Southall England |
4 | £1,110 |
|
Angela Rayner Labour (Co-op) |
Ashton-under-Lyne England |
4 | £84,000 |
|
Ian Roome Liberal Democrat |
North Devon England |
4 | £6,144 |
|
Elaine Stewart Labour (Co-op) |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Scotland |
4 | £8,131 |
|
Yuan Yang Labour (Co-op) |
Earley and Woodley England |
4 | £104,439 |
|
Ms Diane Abbott Labour (Co-op) |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington England |
3 | £43,540 |
|
Shockat Adam Independent |
Leicester South England |
3 | £0 |
|
Torsten Bell Labour (Co-op) |
Swansea West Wales |
3 | £15,703 |
|
Chris Bryant Labour (Co-op) |
Rhondda and Ogmore Wales |
3 | £193,812 |
|
Nesil Caliskan Labour (Co-op) |
Barking England |
3 | £7,692 |
|
Ed Davey Liberal Democrat |
Kingston and Surbiton England |
3 | £17,250 |
|
Shaun Davies Labour (Co-op) |
Telford England |
3 | £4,867 |
|
Anneliese Dodds Labour (Co-op) |
Oxford East England |
3 | £6,216 |
|
Sir Oliver Dowden Conservative |
Hertsmere England |
3 | £371,518 |
|
Graeme Downie Labour (Co-op) |
Dunfermline and Dollar Scotland |
3 | £11,883 |
|
Mr Will Forster Liberal Democrat |
Woking England |
3 | £3,762 |
|
Sarah Gibson Liberal Democrat |
Chippenham England |
3 | £29,253 |
|
Blair McDougall Labour (Co-op) |
East Renfrewshire Scotland |
3 | £11,400 |
|
Esther McVey Conservative |
Tatton England |
3 | £38,540 |
|
James Naish Labour (Co-op) |
Rushcliffe England |
3 | £8,737 |
|
Manuela Perteghella Liberal Democrat |
Stratford-on-Avon England |
3 | £2,172 |
|
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Conservative |
Solihull West and Shirley England |
3 | £114,717 |
|
Lisa Smart Liberal Democrat |
Hazel Grove England |
3 | £2,419 |
|
Blake Stephenson Conservative |
Mid Bedfordshire England |
3 | £16,619 |
|
Rachel Taylor Labour (Co-op) |
North Warwickshire and Bedworth England |
3 | £23,203 |
|
Emily Thornberry Labour (Co-op) |
Islington South and Finsbury England |
3 | £3,250 |
|
Freddie van Mierlo Liberal Democrat |
Henley and Thame England |
3 | £2,394 |
|
Tony Vaughan Labour (Co-op) |
Folkestone and Hythe England |
3 | £109,914 |
|
Sean Woodcock Labour (Co-op) |
Banbury England |
3 | £2,583 |
|
Martin Wrigley Liberal Democrat |
Newton Abbot England |
3 | £14,872 |
|
Dr Zubir Ahmed Labour (Co-op) |
Glasgow South West Scotland |
2 | £53,753 |