North East MP expenses and how much they claimed in the past year

MPs across the North East have claimed hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses over the last financial year, according to figures. According to Ipsa (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority), MPs are set a budget with which they are to “appropriately carry out their parliamentary functions”.

This includes the operating costs of their office including rent and staffing costs. MPs are also permitted to claim for accommodation costs of a second address, such as a residence in London.

They may only claim accommodation costs for one address, which is permitted to be in either the London Area or in the MP’s constituency.

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Below is a table of the MPs of County Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. All information is taken from Ipsa and covers what an MP has claimed in the previous financial year between April 2021 and March 2022.

Constituency	Member of Parliament	Party	Total amount claimed April 2021-March 2022	Total amount claimed, excluding staffing, April 2021 - March 22
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan	Conservative	£228,800.65	£61,936.88
Bishop Auckland	Dehenna Davidson	Conservative	£256,944.56	£61,148.71
Blaydon	Liz Twist	Labour	£247,581.73	£50,594.55
Blyth Valley	Ian Levy	Conservative	£254,064.65	£60,700.10
City of Durham	Mary Kelly Foy	Labour	£193,877.83	£47,443.13
Darlington	Peter Gibson	Conservative	247330.18	£58,488.42
Easington	Grahame Morris	Labour	£251,432.26	£49,846.25
Gateshead	Ian Mearns	Labour	£211,130.13	£33,759.06
Hartlepool	Jill Mortimer	Conservative	£156,927.51	£43,959.80
Hexham	Guy Opperman	Conservative	£284,675.88	£85,179.38
Houghton & Sunderland South	Bridget Phillipson	Labour	£226,537.40	£38,684.25
Jarrow	Kate Osborne	Labour	£244,526.88	£62,936.50
Newcastle Central	Chi Onwurah	Labour	£216,709.07	£46,268.87
Newcastle East	Nicholas Brown	Independent	£226,625.29	£34,669.61
Newcastle North	Catherine McKinnell	Labour	£237,669.34	£54,571.95
North Durham	Kevan Jones	Labour	£222,694.78	£55,630.94
North Tyneside	Mary Glindon	Labour	£160,298.75	£41,332.13
North West Durham	Richard Holden	Conservative	£218,104.53	£59,763.04
Sedgefield	Paul Howell	Conservative	£222,003.07	£59,800.23
South Shields	Emma Lewell-Buck	Labour	£188,886.67	£33,078.28
Stockton North	Alex Cunningham	Labour	£252,016.05	£51,086.44
Stockton South	Matt Vickers	Conservative	£205,513.46	£43,341.40
Sunderland Central	Julie Elliott	Labour	£248,258	£55,679.59
Tynemouth	Alan Campbell	Labour	£191,793.09	£33,082.16
Wansbeck	Ian Lavery	Labour	£248,384.53	£52,701.12
Washington & Sunderland West	Sharon Hodgson	Labour	£232,020.72	£57,299.90

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