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.

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Registered Interests Summary for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings

Declared this parliament

Entries in the register
554
Total declared
£10.2m
Members declaringof 650
309
Mean per declaring member
£35,000
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
Statistics calculated from declared monetary values only. Interests without stated values are excluded.

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Highest Earning MPs for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings

Rishi Sunak has declared the highest earnings among MPs with £2,664,384 from six interests, predominantly from Goldman Sachs International. Nigel Farage follows with £1,752,947 declared from sixteen interests, with GB News Ltd as his main source of earnings.

Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)

Rishi Sunak
Conservative

Richmond and Northallerton

Total Declared
£2,664,384
Top Benefactor: Goldman Sachs International
Interests: 6
Hours Declared: 208.5
Nigel Farage
Reform UK

Clacton

Total Declared
£1,752,947
Top Benefactor: GB News Ltd
Interests: 16
Hours Declared: 307.0
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Total Declared
£1,403,972
Top Benefactor: Bachubhai Munim & Co
Interests: 13
Hours Declared: 690.0
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Conservative

Godalming and Ash

Total Declared
£474,470
Top Benefactor: HSBC UK Bank PLC
Interests: 6
Hours Declared: 93.3
Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative

Hertsmere

Total Declared
£371,518
Top Benefactor: Pierce Protocols Limited tradi...
Interests: 3
Hours Declared: 696.0
Chris Bryant
Labour (Co-op)

Rhondda and Ogmore

Total Declared
£193,812
Top Benefactor: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Interests: 3
Hours Declared: 106.0

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Party Statistics for Second Jobs and Outside Earnings

The Conservative Party has the highest total declared employment and earnings at £6,137,492 across 58 of its 118 MPs, with an average of £52,013 per MP. Labour (Co-op) has declared £1,829,419 across 184 of its 405 MPs averaging £4,517 per MP, while Reform UK has declared £1,812,544 across 3 of its 8 MPs with an average of £226,568 per MP, Liberal Democrats have declared £270,076 across 43 of its 71 MPs averaging £3,804 per MP, and Independents have declared £80,483 across 4 of its 12 MPs averaging £6,707 per MP.

Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)

Party Total Declared Average per MP % with Interests
58 of 118 MPs
£6,137,492
£52,013
per all 118 MPs
49.2%
184 of 405 MPs
£1,829,419
£4,517
per all 405 MPs
45.4%
3 of 8 MPs
£1,812,544
£226,568
per all 8 MPs
37.5%
43 of 71 MPs
£270,076
£3,804
per all 71 MPs
60.6%
4 of 12 MPs
£80,483
£6,707
per all 12 MPs
33.3%
0 of 1 MPs
£28,256
£28,256
per all 1 MPs
0.0%
£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
£0
per all 1 MPs
0.0%
0 of 7 MPs
£0
£0
per all 7 MPs
0.0%
£0
£0
per all 5 MPs
0.0%
£0
£0
per all 2 MPs
0.0%
0 of 1 MPs
£0
£0
per all 1 MPs
0.0%
0 of 1 MPs
£0
£0
per all 1 MPs
0.0%
0 of 2 MPs
£0
£0
per all 2 MPs
0.0%
£0
£0
per all 1 MPs
0.0%
Note: Registered interests by party are based on the party the MP belonged to at the time the interest was paid.

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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 £1,752,947
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
Torridge and Tavistock
England
13 £1,403,972
Tom Tugendhat
Conservative
Tonbridge
England
11 £46,829
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 £14,240
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
Esther McVey
Conservative
Tatton
England
4 £43,306
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
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 £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
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