MPs’ business costs
Sir Edward Leigh
IPSA paid £2,304,264 against 1,268 published rows for Sir Edward Leigh between 2010-11 and 2025-26 as the member for Gainsborough CC. These are the costs of running an office and employing staff under IPSA’s rules. They are not salary, and the largest part of them is wages IPSA pays to the member’s employees rather than money the member receives.
By category, 2025-26
33 claims, £8,076 paid. The headings are IPSA’s own categories grouped; the categories inside each are named on the register page.
| Category | What it covers | Claims | Paid | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office costs | Renting and running a constituency office: rent, utilities, equipment, stationery and postage. | 4 | £1,922 | 23.8% |
| Accommodation | The cost of somewhere to stay for an MP whose constituency is far enough from Westminster that IPSA's rules allow it. An MP representing a London seat is not eligible on the same terms. | 29 | £6,154 | 76.2% |
Every year in the register
Sir Edward Leigh’s own years, not the register’s: the first is 2010-11 and the last is 2025-26. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, so a rise between two distant years is partly a rise in prices. Select a year to read it on its own.
| Year | Claims | Staffing | Office costs | Accommodation | Travel | Miscellaneous | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 75 | £74,915 | £4,422 | £2,907 | £6,357 | — | £88,602 |
| 2011-12 | 140 | £111,229 | £7,618 | £6,553 | £8,393 | — | £133,793 |
| 2012-13 | 104 | £123,247 | £10,492 | £4,580 | £7,013 | — | £145,332 |
| 2013-14 | 82 | £116,793 | £5,254 | £6,138 | £7,014 | — | £135,199 |
| 2014-15 | 34 | £122,256 | £3,664 | £207 | £6,440 | — | £132,567 |
| 2015-16 | 59 | £126,162 | £5,385 | £3,768 | £4,714 | — | £140,030 |
| 2016-17 | 58 | £133,060 | £3,803 | £3,126 | £5,557 | — | £145,546 |
| 2017-18 | 80 | £133,350 | £3,799 | £5,962 | £6,700 | — | £149,811 |
| 2018-19 | 81 | £134,940 | £2,977 | £5,150 | £5,998 | — | £149,064 |
| 2019-20 | 83 | £132,736 | £2,529 | £5,269 | £7,085 | — | £147,620 |
| 2020-21 | 85 | £151,195 | £6,663 | £5,409 | £3,613 | — | £166,881 |
| 2021-22 | 85 | £151,533 | £6,418 | £5,570 | £6,293 | — | £169,814 |
| 2022-23 | 86 | £164,609 | £5,358 | £5,990 | £8,699 | — | £184,656 |
| 2023-24 | 81 | £172,337 | £4,560 | £6,330 | £7,275 | — | £190,502 |
| 2024-25 | 102 | £195,220 | £8,666 | £6,630 | £6,256 | — | £216,772 |
| 2025-26 | 33 | — | £1,922 | £6,154 | — | — | £8,076 |
A year in which Sir Edward Leigh joined or left the House part-way through is a part year, and is not comparable with a full one.
What each category is made of, 2025-26
The cost types IPSA records inside each heading, largest first by what it paid.
Office costs
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | 2 | £1,088 |
| Bought-in services | 1 | £474 |
| Website hosting and design | 1 | £360 |
Accommodation
| Cost type | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities | 18 | £2,685 |
| Council tax | 10 | £2,680 |
| Insurance - buildings | 1 | £789 |
Largest claims, 2025-26
The 15 rows IPSA paid most against, with IPSA’s own description of each. Read the description before the amount: IPSA publishes most of a member’s staffing as one row for the whole year — “Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the ⟨year⟩ year” — so the largest row here is usually a year of wages for the member’s employees and not something bought.
| Date | Category | Cost type | Description | Claimed | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2025 | Office Costs | Stationery & printing | 5x Printer Ink | £887 | £887 |
| 1 April 2025 | Accommodation | Insurance - buildings | Annual building Insurance covering Feb25 to Feb 26 Paid in two instalments 395 on 11/02/25 and 393.93 on 14/03/25 | £789 | £789 |
| 31 March 2025 | Accommodation | Utilities | Water | £504 | £504 |
| 6 January 2026 | Office Costs | Bought-in services | Parliamentary accountancy | £474 | £474 |
| 3 November 2025 | Office Costs | Website hosting and design | Anual payment for Bluetree Website Hosting for November2025 to October2026 | £360 | £360 |
| 1 April 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 1st Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 January 2026 | Accommodation | Council tax | 10th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 December 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 9th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 November 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 8th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 October 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 7th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 September 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 6th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 August 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 5th Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 July 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | Forth Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 June 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 3rd Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
| 1 May 2025 | Accommodation | Council tax | 2nd Council Tax Payment by Direct Debit | £268 | £268 |
What this page does not show
Whether any of it was justified. IPSA accepted these claims under its own rules and the register records what was paid, not whether it should have been. A large total is not a finding about the member.
Nor how Sir Edward Leigh compares with another member. After staffing the largest headings are accommodation and travel, and both are decided mostly by where a constituency is: a member several hundred miles from Westminster is eligible for costs a member with a London seat is not. Two members’ totals are two sets of rules as much as two sets of choices, and the length of service differs too.
It is also not pay. IPSA sets and publishes MPs’ salaries separately and they are not in this register; the staffing figure here is the salaries of the member’s employees.
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