The Members of Parliament serving the Harrogate district claimed a total of £536,449 in expenses last year.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, which monitors expenses, published its annual report yesterday.

The report reveals the total expenses for all MPs in 2019/20, including accommodation, office, staffing, staff absence, travel and other costs.

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty which includes rural Harrogate, spent the most of the t hree district MPs with an overall spend of £191,616.52.

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Andrew Jones, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, spent £174,597.97 and Julian Smith, MP for Skipton and Ripon, spent £170,235.42.

All MPs were within their budgets set for office, staffing and accommodation spend.

Of all MPs in Parliament in 2019/20, Mr Adams ranked 294th of those who spent the most while Mr Jones was 389th and Mr Smith 496th.

Roger Godsiff, who was MP for Birmingham Hall Green until he lost his seat at the 2019 General Election spent the most with £265,668.31. Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, claimed the least with £7,391.51.

Andrew Jones, Conservative MP Harrogate and Knaresborough

• Office spend - £20,761.73


• Staffing spend - £145,085.64


• Accommodation spend - £1,457


• Travel and subsistence spend - £7,293.60

 

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Julian Smith, Conservative MP Ripon and Skipton

• Office spend - £12,564.65


• Staffing spend - £151,729.18


• Accommodation spend - £2,540.57


• Travel and subsistence spend - £3,226.02


• Other costs - £175

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Nigel Adams, Conservative MP Selby and Ainsty (which includes rural Harrogate)

• Office spend - £9,823.58


• Staffing spend - £127,512.06


• Staff absence spend - £21,523.51


• Accommodation spend - £21,990.74


• Travel and subsistence spend - £10,766.63