MPs are paid a basic salary of £81,932 but they are also allowed to work as consultants for private businesses
They must declare any earnings over £100 from second jobs
Here are some of the MPs with significant second jobs: thetimes.co.uk/article/the-mp…
Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con 🔵 – Torridge and West Devon)
Practising barrister
£970,839 without VAT for about 1,066 hours since October last year
Andrew Mitchell (Con 🔵 – Sutton Coldfield)
Senior adviser to Investec, Montrose Associates, SouthBridge & Kingsley Capital Partners
Consultant with Ernst & Young
Adviser to Arch Emerging Partners
£180,000 for 34.5 days a year
Julian Smith (Con 🔵 – Skipton and Ripon)
External adviser for the hydrogen distribution company Ryse Hydrogen
External adviser to Simply Blue Management
External adviser to MJM Marine
£144,000 for 62-84 hours per year
Chris Grayling (Con 🔵 – Epsom and Ewell)
Strategic adviser for Hutchison Ports
364 hours per year, £100,000 per year
John Redwood (Con 🔵 – Wokingham)
Member of the advisory board of Epic Private Equity
Chairman of the investment committee of Charles Stanley
£197,888 plus £35,000 bonus, 612 hours per year
Mark Garnier (Con 🔵 – Wyre Forest)
Member of the advisory board at Laser Light Communications
Chairman of the advisory board of Shetland Space Centre
240 hours per year, £90,000 per year
Ed Davey (Lib Dem 🟡 – Kingston and Surbiton)
Consultant to Herbert Smith Freehills
Member of the advisory board of Next Energy Capital
120 hours per year, £78,000 per year — all earnings used to benefit Davey’s disabled son
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