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
£584
Total claimed — selected period (2019-20)
£26,306
View full itemised claims below
Spend by category — 2019-20
Year-on-year trend
Ruth Cadbury 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 | £8,287 | Office Costs (£8,287) | 32 | View claims |
| 2024-25 | £342 | Travel and Subsistence (£342) | 2 | View claims |
| 2023-24 | £30,269 | Office Costs (£29,188) | 69 | View claims |
| 2022-23 | £23,717 | Office Costs (£23,623) | 54 | View claims |
| 2021-22 | £21,571 | Office Costs (£20,867) | 45 | View claims |
| 2020-21 | £28,003 | Office Costs (£26,323) | 57 | View claims |
| 2019-20 | £26,306 | Office Costs (£26,267) | 53 | View claims |
| 2018-19 | £14,318 | Office Costs (£11,153) | 30 | View claims |
| 2017-18 | £6,142 | Office Costs (£6,082) | 16 | View claims |
| 2016-17 | £14,437 | Office Costs (£5,874) | 25 | View claims |
| 2015-16 | £15,586 | Office Costs (£11,079) | 25 | 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 | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £146 | 2025-26 | 26 Mar 2026 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency phone internet | View source |
| Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £146 | 2025-26 | 24 Feb 2026 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency phone internet | View source |
| Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £145 | 2025-26 | 26 Jan 2026 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency internet & phone | View source |
| Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £146 | 2025-26 | 6 Jan 2026 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency internet & phone | View source |
| Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £140 | 2025-26 | 10 Dec 2025 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency internet & phone | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 25 Nov 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 25 Nov 2025 | Paid | Professional & consultancy — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 25 Nov 2025 | Paid | Professional & consultancy — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 25 Nov 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | £140 | 2025-26 | 9 Nov 2025 | Paid | Landline & internet package — Constituency internet & phone | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £184 | 2025-26 | 29 Oct 2025 | Paid | Banner November 2025 | View source |
| Office Costs | Mobile telephone - contract & usage | £75 | 2025-26 | 22 Oct 2025 | Paid | EE LIMITED | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 22 Oct 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 22 Oct 2025 | Paid | Professional & consultancy — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Mobile telephone - contract & usage | £64 | 2025-26 | 22 Oct 2025 | Paid | EE LIMITED | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Administrative services — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Administrative services — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £300 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Administrative services — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £480 | 2025-26 | 30 Jul 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT | View source |
| Office Costs | Mobile telephone - contract & usage | £97 | 2025-26 | 29 Jul 2025 | Paid | EE LIMITED | View source |
| Office Costs | Bought-in services | £59 | 2025-26 | 15 Jul 2025 | Paid | Comms & Media — Parliament photos for web site and press releases | View source |
| Office Costs | Stationery & printing | £184 | 2025-26 | 25 Jun 2025 | Paid | Banner July 2025 | View source |
| Office Costs | Software & applications | £738 | 2025-26 | 18 Jun 2025 | Paid | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | View source |
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Similar claims by other MPs
Other MPs who claimed under “Bought-in services” in 2019-20. Browse all Bought-in services claims
| MP | Amount | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Morgan Labour | £10,740 | 14 Jan 2020 | Professional & consultancy — Legal representation for MP |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £10,500 | 29 Jul 2019 | Professional & consultancy — Planning and delivery of project work relating to constituency issues in Parliament. Assisting member in preparations for Public Accounts Committee hearings and media arising out of evidence sessions and reports. Briefings and Media management/support |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £10,500 | 9 May 2019 | Professional & consultancy — Planning and delivery of project work relating to Constituency. Preparation for Public Accounts Committee hearings and media arising out of PAC evidence sessions. Preparation of briefings, online content, articles and speeches. Managing Media requests. |
| Rushanara Ali Labour | £7,920 | 11 Mar 2020 | Professional & consultancy — Advance payment |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £7,000 | 16 Oct 2019 | Professional & consultancy — Cathod Du |
| Shabana Mahmood Labour | £7,000 | 27 Mar 2020 | Professional & consultancy — Cathod Du |
| Peter Dowd Labour | £6,000 | 2 Mar 2020 | Professional & consultancy — Public spending research and report and impact on Bootle |
| Peter Dowd Labour | £6,000 | 28 Feb 2020 | Professional & consultancy — research and report on Brexit and Bootle and wider locality |
| Peter Dowd Labour | £6,000 | 19 Feb 2020 | Professional & consultancy — Constiuency profile and database |
| Alicia Kearns Conservative | £5,700 | 17 Feb 2020 | Professional & consultancy — HIVE SUPPORT LTD |
| Ms Abena Oppong-Asare Labour | £5,598 | 26 Mar 2020 | Professional & consultancy — 22 days office support - recruitment and interviews of staff, casework support, website development, communications and policy assistance, staff training |
| Darren Jones Labour | £5,500 | 31 Mar 2020 | Professional & consultancy — 2018/19 BUDGET: Survey of constituents about constituency service delivery and constituent priorities. 1/2 invoices due to COVID lock-down preventing field work. |
Labour average — 2019-20
£39,827
All-MP average — 2019-20
£38,507
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.
4. Visits outside the UK
International visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 08 November 2025
£1,900Registered 19 Nov 2025View source
6. Land and property (within or outside the UK)
Residential in Greater London
Registered 8 Jun 2015View source
10. Family members engaged in third-party lobbying
Nicholas Gash employed as Lobbyist
Registered 8 Jun 2015View source
Ruth Cadbury expenses — common questions
- How much did Ruth Cadbury claim in expenses in 2019-20?
- Ruth Cadbury claimed £26,306 in IPSA business costs in 2019-20. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
- What did Ruth Cadbury claim for?
- In 2019-20, Ruth Cadbury's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£26,267). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
- Where does Ruth Cadbury'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.