MPs Additional Income Earned - Diane Abbott / Jacob Rees-Mogg

I thought I would jump on the MPs second job bandwagon that is being played out at the moment by analysing some of the income MPs are earning from external work.  This information is freely available on the parliament website, although it has to be stated that the form in which it is presented being a list in a pdf document does not allow it to be analysed easily.  Indeed I believe the Daily Telegraph asked three reporters to undertake this work, and, then cross referenced the results to ensure quality.  Unfortunately I do not have that luxury, as there is only me, hence I will issue my usual caveat to double and triple check the facts yourself.  My analysis is meant to be just used as a rough guide, and, will only cover a few MPs at a time as the work is very time consuming.  All the information is taken from the latest publication dated 23^rd February, 2015, and, seems to cover a period of a year.

Dianne Abbott

	Income (£)	Hours	Per Hour (£)
BBC - co-presenting This Week	11,900	51	233
Speeches	6,000	14	429
Channel 4 - Fifteen to One	2,000	6	333
Writing Articles	200	4	50
Selfridges Beauty Project	500	4	125
Speech (plus flight/accommodation) in Jersey	2,500	48	52
Total	23,100	127	182

Jacob Rees-Mogg

	Income (£)	Hours	Per Hour (£)
Somerset Capital Management LLP (Partner)	115,181	420	274
Daily Telegraph - Articles	1,105	7	158
Have I Got News For You - TV Appearance	1,500	5	300
Speeches (Payments in kind)	2,470	2	1,235
Daily Mail / Sunday Mail - Articles	1,550	7	221
Total	121,806	441	276