MP Expenses
Dawn Butler
Current MP

Dawn ButlerMP expenses

£17,412 IPSA expenses in 2015-16

Labour · Brent East

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£2,112

Total claimed — selected period (2015-16)

£17,412

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2015-16

Year-on-year trend

Dawn Butler expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Dawn Butler, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£6,954Office Costs (£6,954)19View claims
2024-25£26Travel and Subsistence (£26)2View claims
2023-24£26,309Office Costs (£26,309)40View claims
2022-23£49,311Other Costs (£37,470)25View claims
2021-22£14,985Office Costs (£14,985)51View claims
2020-21£15,161Office Costs (£14,477)64View claims
2019-20£28,065Office Costs (£27,608)38View claims
2018-19£934Office Costs (£1,755)18View claims
2017-18£2,514Office Costs (£2,476)16View claims
2016-17£3,161Office Costs (£1,737)32View claims
2015-16£17,412Staffing (£7,090)45View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

Itemised claims

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SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsSoftware & applications£592025-2618 Feb 2026PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1,0872025-2618 Feb 2026PaidJDR OFFICE SUPPLIESView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1342025-2618 Feb 2026PaidJDR OFFICE SUPPLIESView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7742025-266 Feb 2026PaidADOBE ADOBEView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£592025-2618 Jan 2026PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£662025-2618 Dec 2025PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£4232025-2628 Nov 2025PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — REMARKABLE OPS LTDView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£8352025-2628 Nov 2025PaidJDR OFFICE SUPPLIESView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£592025-2618 Oct 2025PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1482025-2617 Oct 2025PaidKAPWING PRO PLANView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£3892025-2614 Oct 2025PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — REMARKABLE OPS LTDView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£652025-2618 Sept 2025PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£932025-269 Sept 2025PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — ARGOSView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£932025-263 Sept 2025PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — ARGOSView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£592025-2618 Jul 2025PaidSLACK [***]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7382025-2631 May 2025PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIESView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£2882025-2620 Mar 2025PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — Compatible keyboards for Parliament issued MacbooksView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1402025-2620 Mar 2025Paidpaper for printingView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£1,4472025-2619 Mar 2025PaidPrinter, photocopier & scanner — Toner InkView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£62023-2424 Mar 2024PaidGIFFGAFF [200010137-4369]View source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£202023-2419 Mar 2024PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — WWW.ARGOS.CO.UK [200010137-4373]View source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£62023-2413 Mar 2024PaidGIFFGAFF [200010137-4381]View source
Office CostsMobile telephone - equipment purchase£1042023-245 Mar 2024PaidWWW.ARGOS.CO.UK [200010137-4377]View source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£2202023-2427 Feb 2024PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTDView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£62023-2424 Feb 2024PaidGIFFGAFFView source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Staff Training Costs” in 2015-16. Browse all Staff Training Costs claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Rushanara Ali

Labour

£1,00031 Mar 2016Staff training — PARLI-TRAINING - Business Services-Not Elsewhere Classified
Shabana Mahmood

Labour

£91224 Mar 2016General Assembly Online Course — HTML Web Design
Steve Barclay

Conservative

£81615 Mar 2016Staff training
Rushanara Ali

Labour

£7202 Mar 2016Staff training costs — Media training for staff
Suella Braverman

Reform UK

£43912 Oct 2015Staff Training Course — PARLI-TRAINING Business Services-Not Elsewhere Classified
Barry Gardiner

Labour

£43929 Sept 20152015 09 Staff Training Costs — Immigration Casework Training for parliamentary duties
Sir Alan Campbell

Labour

£43925 Aug 2015Staff Training — Parli-Training - 19/10/15
Naz Shah

Labour

£39523 Sept 2015Card recon — PARLI-TRAINING Business Services-Not Elsewhere Classified
Melanie Onn

Labour

£3953 Sept 2015August reconciliation — PARLI-TRAINING Business Services-Not Elsewhere Classified
Barry Gardiner

Labour

£38710 Sept 20152015 09 Staff Training — Immigration Casework training for new member of staff Ms Bronwen Edwards at JCWI
Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

£38421 Aug 2015August payment card — PARLI-TRAINING Business Services-Not Elsewhere Classified
Gerald Jones

Labour

£2199 Jun 2015Staff Training — Staff Training Costs

Labour average — 2015-16

£18,429

All-MP average — 2015-16

£17,321

Grants and donations

Donations, sponsorships and loans registered in support of this MP's parliamentary activities — Category 2 of the Register of Members' Financial Interests, distinct from the IPSA expenses above.

Total registered

£11,000

  • Linda Riley - £5,000.00

    £5,000
    Registered 23 Jun 2026View source

  • Jacquie Lawrence - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

  • Supreme Creations - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

  • Felicity Milton - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

1. Employment and earnings

  • Speaking engagement - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Registered 3 Dec 2025View source

1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments

  • Payment received on 10 November 2025 - £2,500.00

    £2,500
    Registered 3 Dec 2025View source

2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP

  • Linda Riley - £5,000.00

    £5,000
    Registered 23 Jun 2026View source

  • Jacquie Lawrence - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

  • Supreme Creations - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

  • Felicity Milton - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 16 Jun 2026View source

4. Visits outside the UK

  • International visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 2025

    £2,925
    Registered 24 Jun 2025View source

6. Land and property (within or outside the UK)

8. Miscellaneous

  • Executive Committee Member of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 19 Nov 2024View source

  • Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 7 Nov 2024View source

  • Trustee of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 3 Mar 2023View source

Dawn Butler expenses — common questions

How much did Dawn Butler claim in expenses in 2015-16?
Dawn Butler claimed £17,412 in IPSA business costs in 2015-16. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Dawn Butler claim for?
In 2015-16, Dawn Butler's largest published IPSA category was Staffing (£7,090). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Dawn Butler's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.