Ms Diane AbbottMP expenses
£15,287 IPSA expenses in 2018-19
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 (2018-19)
£15,287
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2018-19
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.
| Financial year | Published total | Largest published category | Records held | Open year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | £2,906 | Office Costs (£2,906) | 10 | View claims |
| 2023-24 | £10,388 | Office Costs (£10,388) | 33 | View claims |
| 2022-23 | £8,835 | Office Costs (£8,835) | 39 | View claims |
| 2021-22 | £6,465 | Office Costs (£6,407) | 31 | View claims |
| 2020-21 | £19,072 | Office Costs (£19,072) | 32 | View claims |
| 2019-20 | £9,129 | Office Costs (£8,400) | 83 | View claims |
| 2018-19 | £15,287 | Office Costs (£15,287) | 32 | View claims |
| 2017-18 | £15,585 | Office Costs (£16,031) | 50 | View claims |
| 2016-17 | £20,346 | Office Costs (£19,746) | 40 | View claims |
| 2015-16 | £12,889 | Office Costs (£10,885) | 24 | View claims |
| 2014-15 | £13,247 | Office Costs (£13,247) | 23 | View claims |
| 2013-14 | £4,402 | Office Costs (£4,024) | 26 | View claims |
| 2012-13 | £18,936 | Office Costs (£16,947) | 56 | View claims |
| 2011-12 | £7,355 | Office Costs (£6,901) | 29 | View claims |
| 2010-11 | £2,173 | Office Costs (£2,173) | 15 | View 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
Download all claims (CSV)| Subcategory | Status | Description | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £54 | 2025-26 | 2 Mar 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £58 | 2025-26 | 2 Mar 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Hospitality | £54 | 2025-26 | 11 Feb 2026 | Paid | Banner March 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £738 | 2025-26 | 21 Jan 2026 | Paid | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2025-26 | 19 Jan 2026 | Paid | 2026 | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £72 | 2025-26 | 3 Dec 2025 | Paid | CARTRIDGEPEOPLE.COM | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £547 | 2025-26 | 12 Nov 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £67 | 2025-26 | 15 Oct 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £595 | 2025-26 | 24 Sept 2025 | Paid | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2025-26 | 22 May 2025 | Paid | Annual Hosting 2025-26 | View source |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | £1,250 | 2023-24 | 20 Feb 2024 | Paid | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research Group | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £49 | 2023-24 | 19 Feb 2024 | Paid | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | -£27 | 2023-24 | 9 Feb 2024 | Paid | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £27 | 2023-24 | 23 Jan 2024 | Paid | Other office equipment — VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £353 | 2023-24 | 23 Jan 2024 | Paid | CARTRIDGE SAVE | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £74 | 2023-24 | 22 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Equipment - purchase | £160 | 2023-24 | 16 Jan 2024 | Paid | Office furniture — WWW.OFFICEBOFFINS.CO.U | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £690 | 2023-24 | 16 Jan 2024 | Paid | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | View source |
| Office Costs | Website hosting and design | £360 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | Annual Website hosting | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | -£257 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £184 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £255 | 2023-24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £257 | 2023-24 | 22 Nov 2023 | Paid | VIKING | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £144 | 2023-24 | 10 Nov 2023 | Paid | Banner December 2023 | View source |
| Office Costs | Pooled staffing services | £1,250 | 2023-24 | 7 Nov 2023 | Paid | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) — Socialist Parliamentary Research Group | View source |
Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Professional Services” in 2018-19. Browse all Professional Services claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £4,520 | 12 Jul 2018 | Professional Services — 1 May - 30 June 2018 |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £4,250 | 7 Jan 2019 | Professional Services — 1 October-31 December 2018 |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £3,842 | 3 Nov 2018 | Professional Services — 1 September-31 October 2018 |
| Sir James Cleverly Conservative | £3,840 | 3 May 2018 | Professional Services — 1 March - 30 April 2018 |
| Ms Marie Rimmer Labour | £3,714 | 19 Sept 2018 | HR services |
| Karin Smyth Labour | £3,600 | 14 Mar 2019 | PRS membership 2019-20 |
| Ms Marie Rimmer Labour | £3,600 | 27 Feb 2019 | Parliamentary Research Service — Policy Research Service |
| Maria Eagle Labour | £3,350 | 27 Feb 2019 | Office Costs Feb 2019 — Comms/Digital Audit,Strategy and staff training |
| Matthew Pennycook Labour | £3,000 | 29 Mar 2019 | Consultancy (Jan-Mar 2019) — Provision of consultancy services from January 2019 to March 2019 |
| Matthew Pennycook Labour | £3,000 | 20 Dec 2018 | Consultancy (Oct-Dec 2018) — Provision of consultancy services from October 2018 to December 2018 |
| George Freeman Conservative | £3,000 | 17 Dec 2018 | Westminster Digital — INV-[***] |
| George Freeman Conservative | £3,000 | 13 Jul 2018 | Westminster Digital Ltd — [***] |
Labour average — 2018-19
£17,651
All-MP average — 2018-19
£18,163
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
£18,450Registered 8 Aug 2025View sourcePayment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.00
£22,500Registered 20 Nov 2024View source
4. Visits outside the UK
International visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 2025
£2,930Registered 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 2018-19?
- Ms Diane Abbott claimed £15,287 in IPSA business costs in 2018-19. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Ms Diane Abbott claim for?
- In 2018-19, Ms Diane Abbott's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£15,287). 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.