MP Expenses
Ms Diane Abbott
Current MP

Ms Diane AbbottMP expenses

£15,585 IPSA expenses in 2017-18

Labour · Hackney North and Stoke Newington

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

£1,264

Total claimed — selected period (2017-18)

£15,585

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2017-18

Year-on-year trend

Ms Diane Abbott 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 Ms Diane Abbott, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£2,906Office Costs (£2,906)10View claims
2023-24£10,388Office Costs (£10,388)33View claims
2022-23£8,835Office Costs (£8,835)39View claims
2021-22£6,465Office Costs (£6,407)31View claims
2020-21£19,072Office Costs (£19,072)32View claims
2019-20£9,129Office Costs (£8,400)83View claims
2018-19£15,287Office Costs (£15,287)32View claims
2017-18£15,585Office Costs (£16,031)50View claims
2016-17£20,346Office Costs (£19,746)40View claims
2015-16£12,889Office Costs (£10,885)24View claims
2014-15£13,247Office Costs (£13,247)23View claims
2013-14£4,402Office Costs (£4,024)26View claims
2012-13£18,936Office Costs (£16,947)56View claims
2011-12£7,355Office Costs (£6,901)29View claims
2010-11£2,173Office Costs (£2,173)15View 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 CostsStationery & printing£542025-262 Mar 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£582025-262 Mar 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsHospitality£542025-2611 Feb 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7382025-2621 Jan 2026PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIESView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3602025-2619 Jan 2026Paid2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£722025-263 Dec 2025PaidCARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COMView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£5472025-2612 Nov 2025PaidK P D CONSUMABLES LTDView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£672025-2615 Oct 2025PaidK P D CONSUMABLES LTDView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£5952025-2624 Sept 2025PaidK P D CONSUMABLES LTDView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3602025-2622 May 2025PaidAnnual Hosting 2025-26View source
Office CostsPooled staffing services£1,2502023-2420 Feb 2024PaidSocialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research GroupView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£492023-2419 Feb 2024PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKINGView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase-£272023-249 Feb 2024PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKINGView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£272023-2423 Jan 2024PaidOther office equipment — VIKINGView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£3532023-2423 Jan 2024PaidCARTRIDGE SAVEView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£742023-2422 Jan 2024PaidVIKINGView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£1602023-2416 Jan 2024PaidOffice furniture — WWW.OFFICEBOFFINS.CO.UView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£6902023-2416 Jan 2024PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIESView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£3602023-2415 Jan 2024PaidAnnual Website hostingView source
Office CostsStationery & printing-£2572023-2415 Jan 2024PaidVIKINGView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1842023-2415 Jan 2024PaidVIKINGView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2552023-2415 Jan 2024PaidVIKINGView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2572023-2422 Nov 2023PaidVIKINGView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1442023-2410 Nov 2023PaidBanner December 2023View source
Office CostsPooled staffing services£1,2502023-247 Nov 2023PaidSocialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research GroupView source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Professional Services” in 2017-18. Browse all Professional Services claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Jess Phillips

Labour

£6,12022 Mar 2018Office Costs — Back Office Managment
Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

£5,2408 Jan 2018Professional Services — 1 October to 31 December
Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

£4,80027 Mar 2018Parliamentary Research Service — PRS Subscription Service 2017/2018
Rushanara Ali

Labour

£4,8001 Mar 2018Parliamentary Research Service — Parliamentary Research Service Subscription Membership
Jonathan Reynolds

Labour (Co-op)

£4,8001 Apr 2017Parliamentary Research Service — PRS subscription April 2016- March 2017
Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

£4,67526 Mar 2018Office Rent and Costs — Administrative Support
Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

£4,6008 Mar 2018Professional Services — 1 January-31 March 2018
Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

£4,4803 Oct 2017Professional Services — July to September
Naz Shah

Labour

£3,72019 Mar 2018research and training — Research
Naz Shah

Labour

£3,50027 Mar 2018research and training — training
Ruth Cadbury

Labour

£2,5205 Nov 2017Office Costs — Backoffice support
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

Labour

£2,49316 Oct 2017Staffing Cover — Office support: training and research support

Labour average — 2017-18

£15,464

All-MP average — 2017-18

£15,530

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

  • Writing an autobiography - Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd

    Registered 20 Nov 2024View source

1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments

  • Payment received on 12 March 2025 - £18,450.00

    £18,450
    Registered 8 Aug 2025View source

  • Payment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.00

    £22,500
    Registered 20 Nov 2024View source

4. Visits outside the UK

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

    £2,930
    Registered 3 Jul 2025View source

8. Miscellaneous

  • Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 26 Oct 2016View source

Ms Diane Abbott expenses — common questions

How much did Ms Diane Abbott claim in expenses in 2017-18?
Ms Diane Abbott claimed £15,585 in IPSA business costs in 2017-18. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Ms Diane Abbott claim for?
In 2017-18, Ms Diane Abbott's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£16,031). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Ms Diane Abbott'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.