UK MP expenses total — 2026-27
IPSA-published business costs total £1,903,409 across 633 MPs in 2026-27. Salary is separate. This page shows the raw totals by year, party and IPSA category.
Latest published period: 2026-27
- Total claimed (all MPs)
- £1,903,409
- MPs with published claims
- 633
- Average per MP
- £3,007
These are sums of IPSA-published claims for 2026-27. They include staffing, office costs, travel and accommodation — not MP salary, which is separate.
MP expenses total by financial year
Each row sums the records this site imports from IPSA for that financial year. Open a year to inspect the published records and their source links.
| Financial year | Published total | Published records |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | £1,903,409 | 5,006 |
| 2025-26 | £13,043,676 | 41,560 |
| 2024-25 | £12,017,377 | 1,436 |
| 2023-24 | £15,222,694 | 38,740 |
| 2022-23 | £13,667,577 | 35,415 |
| 2021-22 | £8,763,817 | 28,194 |
| 2020-21 | £11,083,413 | 29,551 |
| 2019-20 | £11,051,589 | 29,890 |
| 2018-19 | £4,159,299 | 9,241 |
| 2017-18 | £3,571,815 | 8,296 |
| 2016-17 | £3,344,479 | 7,346 |
| 2015-16 | £3,308,229 | 6,846 |
| 2014-15 | £2,431,751 | 6,168 |
| 2013-14 | £2,546,249 | 6,466 |
| 2012-13 | £2,506,331 | 6,480 |
| 2011-12 | £2,442,760 | 6,627 |
| 2010-11 | £2,572,720 | 5,992 |
By party (2026-27)
Party totals are the sum of each MP's published claims. Averages help compare typical MPs within a party; large parties have more MPs, so totals are higher.
| Party | MPs | Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 351 | £1,010,699 | £2,879 |
| Conservative | 115 | £353,132 | £3,071 |
| Liberal Democrat | 71 | £178,506 | £2,514 |
| Labour (Co-op) | 41 | £114,252 | £2,787 |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | £42,073 | £6,010 |
| Reform UK | 7 | £41,892 | £5,985 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 5 | £31,043 | £6,209 |
| Independent | 11 | £28,339 | £2,576 |
| Scottish National Party | 7 | £27,294 | £3,899 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | £17,355 | £4,339 |
| Green Party | 5 | £17,175 | £3,435 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2 | £10,944 | £5,472 |
| Your Party | 2 | £9,940 | £4,970 |
| Ulster Unionist Party | 1 | £7,895 | £7,895 |
| Speaker | 1 | £4,494 | £4,494 |
| Restore Britain | 1 | £3,374 | £3,374 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | £2,976 | £2,976 |
| Alliance | 1 | £2,027 | £2,027 |
Where the money goes
Top IPSA categories for 2026-27.
- Office Costs£1,284,794
- Accommodation£490,124
- Staffing£120,317
- Other Costs£8,174
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Important: High or low totals are not automatically good or bad — they reflect staffing models, constituency location, committee roles, and how IPSA categories are used. Read the methodology for how we source and present data.
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