Westminster Accounts: This is how much Sheffield's MPs and the county's ex-mayor have declared in donations and gifts
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The figures have been collated by Sky News and Tortoise, as part of a joint project dubbed the Westminster Accounts, in which they combined figures from the following publicly-available sources: The Register of Members' Financial Interests; The Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups and The Electoral Commission's database.
MPs currently receive an annual base salary of £84,144; and are required by law to declare certain types of financial interests within 28 days, and must also report all earnings over £100 from secondary employment sources.
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Hide AdThe project found that majority of the additional earnings received by MPs since this parliament started in December 2019 went to Tory politicians - a total of £15.2million - while Labour MPs earned an additional £1.2million; and two-thirds of the total figure of £17.1million went to just 20 MPs.
Former Prime Minister, Theresa May, received the most, earning £2,550,87, while, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, topped his party's list with additional earnings of £202,599.
The project collated the figure for each of the UK’s 650 Members of Parliament, and here we have listed the figures for all of Sheffield’s six MPs: Sheffield Central MP, Paul Blomfield; Sheffield Heeley MP, Louise Haigh; Sheffield Hallam MP, Olivia Blake: Stocksbridge and Penistone MP, Miriam Cates; Hillsborough and Brightside MP, Gill Furniss and Sheffield South East MP, Clive Betts – as well as South Yorkshire’s former mayor, Dan Jarvis MBE, who is also MP for Barnsley Central. All of the seven MPs listed below have been contacted for comment.
Dan Jarvis MP, who served as South Yorkshire mayor until May 2022, said: "Any money raised goes towards supporting my work as a Member of Parliament, and previously as Mayor. It helps to provide a better service to my constituents and supports campaign activity.
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Dan Jarvis – declared around £210,100 worth of payments and gifts:
£100k donations from MPM Connect£94k earnings from South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority£5,310 earnings from Little Brown Book Group£3,000 donations from Twiggs Grounds Maintenance£2,790 earnings from YouGov£1,600 earnings from Local Government Association£1,280 earnings from Savanta ComRes£900 earnings from Ipsos MORI£600 gifts from Nottingham Forest Football Club£100 earnings from The University of Sheffield£100 earnings from Amazon
Clive Betts – declared around £800 worth of payments and gifts:
£500 Earnings from Ipsos MORI£300 Earnings from Savanta ComRes
Gill Furniss – declared around £12,740 worth of payments and gifts:
£7,600 Gifts from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar£3,140 Donations from The Communications Workers Union (CWU)£2,000 Donations from Unite
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Hide AdLouise Haigh – declared around £15,020 worth of payments and gifts:
£7,500 donations from Unite£4,500 donations from GMB Union£2,280 gifts from Trade Union Congress (TUC)£300 gifts from Performing Rights Society (PRS)£300 gifts from Betfred
Paul Blomfield – No declared payments or gifts
Miriam Cates – declared around £34,520 worth of payments and gifts:
£20k donations from The Cayzer Trust Company£5,000 donations from Stalbury Trustees£2,000 donations from Anthony E Endfield£2,000 gifts from Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI)£2,000 donations from RS Furbs£1,490 gifts from March of the Living UK£800 donations from Greens£800 earnings from Unherd£200 earnings from National Club£100 earnings from Telegraph Media Group
Olivia Blake – declared around £36,790 worth of payments and gifts:
£20k gifts and donations from The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)£9,000 donations from GMB Union£3,000 donations from Unite£2,000 donations from Fire Brigades Union (FBU)£1,450 gifts from Medical Aid for Palestinians£400 gifts from Sustain: the alliance for better food