MP Expenses
Richard Foord
Current MP

Richard FoordMP expenses

£11,492 IPSA expenses in 2025-26

Liberal Democrat · Honiton and Sidmouth

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

£6,710

Total claimed — selected period (2025-26)

£11,492

View full itemised claims below

Spend by category — 2025-26

Year-on-year trend

Richard Foord 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 Richard Foord, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2026-27£1,628Office Costs (£942)7View claims
2025-26£11,492Accommodation (£7,014)32View claims
2024-25£15,450Travel and Subsistence (£15,450)2View claims
2023-24£77,304Office Costs (£38,003)168View claims
2022-23£44,713Office Costs (£22,853)199View 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
AccommodationCouncil tax£6862026-2728 Apr 2026PaidLONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1462026-2720 Apr 2026PaidKAPWING PRO PLANView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£882026-2717 Apr 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£722026-2731 Mar 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsAdvertising and contact cards£5272025-269 Mar 2026PaidNEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP [200013613-6633]View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£602025-266 Mar 2026Paid—View source
AccommodationCouncil tax£2,0352025-262 Mar 2026PaidLONDON BOROUGH OF LAMB [200013602-17]View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£882025-2613 Feb 2026Paid—View source
AccommodationCouncil tax£5002025-262 Feb 2026PaidLONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBView source
AccommodationCouncil tax£2,0362025-262 Feb 2026PaidLONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£852025-2619 Jan 2026PaidBanner February 2026View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£952026-2716 Jan 2026Paid—View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1122025-2615 Jan 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1002025-2615 Jan 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£812025-2614 Jan 2026PaidBanner February 2026View source
Office CostsInsurance - contents£1712026-2716 Dec 2025PaidHOWDEN UK BROKERS LIMI [200013609-158]View source
Office CostsInsurance - contents£2272025-2616 Dec 2025PaidHOWDEN UK BROKERS LIMIView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£632025-2621 Nov 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsMaintenance, Redecorations & Repairs£842025-2627 Oct 2025PaidPAT testing in constituency officeView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£602025-2624 Oct 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£702025-262 Oct 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£3702026-2726 Sept 2025PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200013609-157]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7382025-2626 Sept 2025PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIESView source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£602025-2625 Sept 2025Paid—View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1562025-265 Sept 2025PaidBanner October 2025View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Council tax” in 2025-26. Browse all Council tax claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Torsten Bell

Labour

£6,11921 Mar 2025CITY & COUNTY OF SWANS [200011725-5413] [200011800-150]
Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

£5,4561 Apr 2025MALVERN HILLS DIST
Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

£4,09725 Jun 2025HTTPS://WWW.ROCHDALE.G
Mr Douglas Alexander

Labour (Co-op)

£4,09320 Oct 2025Council tax associated costs 2025 to 2026
Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op)

£3,67025 Jun 2025HTTPS://WWW.ROCHDALE.G
Michael Payne

Labour

£3,39119 Sept 2025WWW.WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK
Nick Timothy

Conservative

£3,3771 Apr 2025West Suffolk Council Tax from 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026
Sir Christopher Chope

Conservative

£3,3241 Apr 2025council tax for [***] [***]
Jon Pearce

Labour

£3,30511 Mar 2025[***] [***] - Council Tax 2025-26 (Band F)
Melanie Ward

Labour

£3,30320 Apr 2025FIFE COUNCIL
Ed Miliband

Labour

£3,28624 Mar 2025DONCASTER MBC [200011726-10136] [200011782-529]
Imran Hussain

Labour

£3,2571 Apr 2025council tax London accommodation

Liberal Democrat average — 2025-26

£17,427

All-MP average — 2025-26

£20,191

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.

8. Miscellaneous

  • A member of the Advisory Council for the Council on Geostrategy, an independent non-profit organisation that generates new geostrategic thinking for a more competitive age. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 9 Jun 2023View source

Richard Foord expenses — common questions

How much did Richard Foord claim in expenses in 2025-26?
Richard Foord claimed £11,492 in IPSA business costs in 2025-26. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Richard Foord claim for?
In 2025-26, Richard Foord's largest published IPSA category was Accommodation (£7,014). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Richard Foord'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.