Thread by @thetimes

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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