MPs Expenses 2014/15 to date - Top Twenty Accommodation Expenses

Seeing as I already had the data downloaded from the IPSA website for MP’s expenses for the current financial year (2014-15) to date, I thought I would continue along my theme for the top twenty lists in various expense categories.  You’ll be relieved to hear that I am doing this for myself because my blog post got zero views.  This top 20 list covers the amount claimed in respect of accommodation rent.   It should be noted though that if you want to do in depth analysis and comparison you will have to dig out the data yourself.  This is because the amounts may not be strictly comparable due to the fact they rely on MPs submitting the claims on the dot.  This data extract covers a period of nine months; however, it may be the case that some MP’s may have only submitted claims relating to 6 months, whereas others may have done so for eight months.  So the old adage applies of let the user of the data beware!  As always I apply the old adage of not relying on the data, and, to do your own research.

MP	Accommodation Rent £
Ian Paisley	19,986.28
Ben Wallace	19,906.91
Tim Loughton	19,153.35
Karen Bradley	18,733.04
John Hayes	18,720.00
Natascha Engel	17,600.00
Gregory Barker	17,333.36
Simon Danczuk	17,078.91
Daniel Byles	16,802.49
Tobias Ellwood	16,588.81
Liam Fox	15,772.88
Ben Gummer	15,452.00
Bridget Phillipson	15,275.00
David Crausby	15,215.00
Anas Sarwar	15,128.00
Steve Rotheram	15,080.00
Peter Tapsell	15,000.00
Ivan Lewis	14,904.00
Damian Collins	14,832.00
Robert Syms	14,800.00