MP Expenses
Stephen Doughty
Current MP

Stephen DoughtyMP expenses

£15,748 IPSA expenses in 2016-17

Labour (Co-op) · Cardiff South and Penarth

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

£741

Total claimed — selected period (2016-17)

£15,748

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Spend by category — 2016-17

Energy & utility comparison

This MP claimed -£228 for Utilities in 2022-23.

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This MP claimed £428 for Utilities in 2022-23.

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This MP claimed £413 for Utilities in 2021-22.

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This MP claimed £60 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £231 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £395 for Utilities in 2020-21.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £57 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £386 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £57 for Utilities in 2019-20.

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This MP claimed £214 for Electricity in 2017-18.

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This MP claimed £89 for Const Office Electricity in 2016-17.

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This MP claimed £29 for Electricity in 2015-16.

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This MP claimed £60 for Electricity in 2014-15.

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This MP claimed £238 for Const Office Electricity in 2014-15.

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This MP claimed £60 for Electricity in 2014-15.

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This MP claimed £75 for Electricity in 2014-15.

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This MP claimed £129 for Const Office Electricity in 2014-15.

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This MP claimed £53 for Const Office Electricity in 2013-14.

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This MP claimed £109 for Const Office Electricity in 2013-14.

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Year-on-year trend

Stephen Doughty 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 Stephen Doughty, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£3,922Office Costs (£3,922)10View claims
2024-25£22,362Travel and Subsistence (£21,229)4View claims
2023-24£43,613Office Costs (£19,171)95View claims
2022-23£25,180Accommodation (£9,825)75View claims
2021-22£41,381Accommodation (£22,893)67View claims
2020-21£55,095Office Costs (£24,837)106View claims
2019-20£53,645Office Costs (£19,550)100View claims
2018-19£23,641Travel and Subsistence (£10,930)25View claims
2017-18£11,742Travel and Subsistence (£7,321)21View claims
2016-17£15,748Office Costs (£7,993)31View claims
2015-16£19,286Office Costs (£11,170)25View claims
2014-15£23,830Office Costs (£10,300)32View claims
2013-14£29,087Office Costs (£13,853)36View claims
2012-13£20,882Office Costs (£5,242)24View 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.

SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsTraining - staff£5942025-2616 Feb 2026PaidCAUSEWAYCREATIVE.CO.UKView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1472025-2614 Jan 2026PaidKAPWING PRO PLANView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - equipment purchase£3812025-2617 Oct 2025PaidBACK MARKETView source
Office CostsTranslation services - other languages£3282025-2617 Oct 2025PaidInterpreter/translator for constituency meetingView source
Office CostsTV licence£1752025-2618 Jun 2025PaidTVLICENSING.CO.UKView source
Office CostsTranslation services (Welsh Language)£662025-2627 May 2025PaidTranslation of MP news for websiteView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1,4762025-2615 May 2025PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIESView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£5062025-268 May 2025PaidOffice furniture — IKEA LTD 267 CARDIFF EView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1292025-2614 Jan 2025PaidKAPWING PRO PLAN [200011800-74]View source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£1202025-2617 May 2024PaidELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011800-72]View source
Office CostsRent£1,0002023-242 Apr 2024PaidView source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£192023-2424 Mar 2024PaidSQUARESPACE [***] [200010137-483]View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£482023-2420 Mar 2024PaidBanner March 2024View source
AccommodationHotel - London£5552023-2418 Mar 2024Paid[***][***][***] [200010137-487]View source
Office CostsTranslation services (Welsh Language)£1022023-247 Mar 2024PaidTranslation for websiteView source
Office CostsRent£1,0002023-245 Mar 2024PaidView source
AccommodationHotel - London£6002023-2429 Feb 2024Paid[***][***][***]View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£192023-2426 Feb 2024PaidSQUARESPACE INC.View source
AccommodationHotel - London£6002023-2422 Feb 2024Paid[***][***][***]View source
Office CostsWebsite hosting and design£582023-2420 Feb 2024Paidwww.stephendoughty.wales / www.stephendoughty.cymruView source
AccommodationHotel - London£6002023-248 Feb 2024Paid[***][***][***]View source
AccommodationHotel - London£5122023-241 Feb 2024Paid[***][***][***]View source
Office CostsRent£1,0002023-241 Feb 2024PaidView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£412023-2430 Jan 2024PaidBanner February 2024View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£32023-2430 Jan 2024PaidBanner February 2024View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Const Office Rent in 2016-17. Browse all Const Office Rent claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Andy Slaughter

Labour

£10,87517 Oct 2016Constituency Office Rent — rent from 01/04/16 - 31/12/16
Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK

£7,00018 Aug 2016Office Rent — Rent
Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative

£6,31531 Oct 2016constituency office rent 2016 — office rent for 64a Station Road, Chingford
Neil Coyle

Labour

£5,45131 Jan 2017office rent until March 17 — office rent until March 2017
Andy Burnham

Labour (Co-op)

£5,16616 May 2016Office costs May 2016 — Annual rent - interim payment pending lease renewal
Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat

£4,87130 Jun 2016office costs — Office rent
Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour

£3,7503 Apr 2016Office Costs — Constituency office rent
Andy Slaughter

Labour

£3,62517 Mar 2017Constituency office rent — rent for constituency office
Sir Andrew Mitchell

Conservative

£3,17510 Feb 2017Rent — Office Rent 11/16-02/17
Caroline Nokes

Conservative

£2,75011 May 2016Romsey Office — Romsey Office Annual Rent
Angela Rayner

Labour

£2,2801 Apr 2016Office stationary etc — Rent from 25/3/16 to 23/6/16
Debbie Abrahams

Labour

£2,15625 Dec 2016Office Costs - Dec 2016 — Q3 rent 29 Sept - 24 Dec 2016

Labour (Co-op) average — 2016-17

£12,214

All-MP average — 2016-17

£17,510

Outside financial interests

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No registered financial interests found for this MP.

Stephen Doughty expenses — common questions

How much did Stephen Doughty claim in expenses in 2016-17?
Stephen Doughty claimed £15,748 in IPSA business costs in 2016-17. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Stephen Doughty claim for?
In 2016-17, Stephen Doughty's largest published IPSA category was Office Costs (£7,993). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Stephen Doughty'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.