Register of Members' Financial Interests · category 1
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
Declared this parliament
- Entries in the register
- 561
- Total declared
- £10.4m
- Members declaringof 650
- 309
- Mean per declaring member
- £35,472
- Highest single payment
- £1.1m
Benefactors
- Largest, organisation
- Goldman Sachs International £1.1m
- Largest, individual
- Millennium Steel Publishing £8,025
- Most frequent, organisation
- Local Government Association 7 entries
- Most frequent, individual
- Robert Caskie 1 entries
Highest Earning MPs for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
Rishi Sunak, the Conservative MP, has the highest declared earnings among members of parliament, with Goldman Sachs International listed as his main source of income across six registered interests. Nigel Farage of Reform UK is the second highest earner, with GB News Ltd as his primary benefactor across sixteen declared interests.
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Party Statistics for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings
The Conservative Party had the highest total declared employment and earnings at £6,282,989 across 58 MPs, with an average of £53,246 per MP. Labour (Co-op) declared £1,854,322 across 184 MPs averaging £4,567 per MP, while Reform UK declared £1,812,660 across 3 MPs with an average of £226,583 per MP, followed by the Liberal Democrats with £270,076 across 43 MPs averaging £3,804 per MP, and Independents with £80,483 across 3 MPs averaging £6,191 per MP.
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| Party | Total Declared | Average per MP | % with Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
58 of 118 MPs
|
£6,282,989
|
£53,246
per all 118 MPs
|
49.2%
|
|
184 of 406 MPs
|
£1,854,322
|
£4,567
per all 406 MPs
|
45.3%
|
|
£1,812,660
|
£226,583
per all 8 MPs
|
37.5%
|
|
|
43 of 71 MPs
|
£270,076
|
£3,804
per all 71 MPs
|
60.6%
|
|
3 of 13 MPs
|
£80,483
|
£6,191
per all 13 MPs
|
23.1%
|
|
0 of 1 MPs
|
£30,670
|
£30,670
per all 1 MPs
|
0.0%
|
|
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 4 MPs
|
£0
|
£0
per all 4 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
309 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 | £1,753,063 |
|
Sir Geoffrey Cox Conservative |
Torridge and Tavistock England |
13 | £1,509,522 |
|
Tom Tugendhat Conservative |
Tonbridge England |
12 | £48,627 |
|
George Freeman Conservative |
Mid Norfolk England |
11 | £43,500 |
|
Barry Gardiner Labour (Co-op) |
Brent West England |
7 | £73,555 |
|
Rupert Lowe Restore Britain |
Great Yarmouth England |
7 | £91,483 |
|
Sir Jeremy Hunt Conservative |
Godalming and Ash England |
6 | £474,470 |
|
Jess Phillips Labour (Co-op) |
Birmingham Yardley England |
6 | £73,862 |
|
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 | £14,240 |
|
Mark Garnier Conservative |
Wyre Forest England |
5 | £32,120 |
|
Clive Lewis Labour (Co-op) |
Norwich South England |
5 | £4,589 |
|
Michael Payne Labour (Co-op) |
Gedling England |
5 | £74,953 |
|
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 |
|
Sir Oliver Dowden Conservative |
Hertsmere England |
4 | £399,018 |
|
Esther McVey Conservative |
Tatton England |
4 | £45,473 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Alan Mak Conservative |
Havant England |
3 | £3,482 |
|
Blair McDougall Labour (Co-op) |
East Renfrewshire Scotland |
3 | £11,400 |
|
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 | £114,883 |
|
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 | £128,165 |
|
Sean Woodcock Labour (Co-op) |
Banbury England |
3 | £2,583 |
|
Martin Wrigley Liberal Democrat |
Newton Abbot England |
3 | £14,872 |