I feel strongly that openness and transparency are necessary to ensure a good relationship between elected representatives and their constituents. To that end, you can see below a complete copy of my expenses for being an MP from the last financial year.

As you can see, the vast majority of my expenses go towards paying my staff who work hard to support me in my parliamentary and constituency duties. This budget includes their salaries, National Insurance contributions and pensions and is entirely in accordance with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) guidelines. Together with the costs of running my two offices, this makes up for almost 90% of my total expenses claim.

If you are a constituent with any further queries in this respect then please do get in touch and I will be happy to discuss them with you.