Follow the Money
What Chris claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
The Broken Promise
Registered interests do not imply improper influence. All interests are publicly declared under parliamentary rules.
Registered Interests
1. Employment and earnings(2 entries)£7k
Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
Role, work or services: Editor
Until: 14 December 2025.
Payer: Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 14 December 2025)
Payment: £3,625
Received on: 26 June 2025. Hours: 50 hrs Approximately.
(Registered 29 June 2025)
Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
Role, work or services: Editor
Until: 14 December 2025.
Payer: Millennium Steel Publishing (Publishing scientific and technological journals for industry.), private address
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 14 December 2025)
Payment expected: £3,000
Completed or provided on: 14 December 2025. Hours: 42 hrs.
(Registered 14 December 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(3 entries)
Trustee of the Redhills CIO Charity based in Durham. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 1 May 2025
(Registered 10 July 2024; updated 2 May 2025)
Professional registration with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Professor in Practice at the Durham University Business School. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 September 2025
(Registered 8 September 2025)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Chris's Expenses
212 individual claims totalling £227,898.43 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Family & Dependant Travel £2k
4 claims
Rail: £2,351.89
Parking: £48.00
Mileage - car: £6.76
£3k
5 claims
Hotel - London: £1,174.00
Hotel - London: £945.56
Hotel - London: £585.00
Hotel - UK Not London: £103.55
Staffing(3 claims)£151,019.32
Payroll(1)£149,393.13
31 Mar 2025Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year
£149,393.13
Pooled staffing services(1)£1,533.33
7 Feb 2025Parliamentary Research Services
£1,533.33
Working From Home Allowance(1)£92.86
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-25LUMP SUM
£92.86
Office Costs(155 claims)£34,562.26
Rent(9)£13,949.00
31 Mar 20252024-25 [***] rent pro-rata
£-2,047.50
Equipment - purchase(24)£8,210.52
29 Mar 2025AMAZON [***] [200011725-9626]
£1,341.72
27 Jan 2025Meeting Room Table
£1,275.00
19 Mar 2025AMAZON [***] [200011725-9262]
£1,253.68
8 Nov 2024IKEA LTD SHOP ONLINE
£748.00
19 Mar 2025AMAZON [***] [200011725-9261]
£496.00
12 Dec 2024PAYPAL MAPSINTERNA
£400.50
31 Mar 2025Local Artwork Representing the Constituency
£250.00
28 Sep 2025AMAZON UK [***]
£230.57
26 Mar 2025Constituency Based Prints for Office Showcasing Local Area to Visitors
£220.00
24 Mar 2025IKEA LTD SHOP ONLINE [200011725-8333]
£214.00
18 Sep 2024Laptop to use in office
Not paid: Not claimable
28 Jan 2025AMZNMKTPLACE [***]
£169.99
31 Mar 2025AMAZON [***] [200011725-10661]
£99.99
26 Mar 2025HOBBYCRAFT TRADING LIM [200011725-10197]
£60.00
26 Mar 2025AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200011725-10195]
£41.98
26 Mar 2025AMZNMKTPLACE [***] [200011725-10196]
£24.64
11 Jan 2025WWW.AMAZON. [***]
£10.19
Stationery & printing(89)£6,555.76
6 Oct 2025XMA October 2025
£407.64
6 Oct 2025XMA October 2025
£407.64
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£205.09
6 Nov 2025XMA November 2025
£203.82
6 Oct 2025XMA October 2025
£203.82
22 Oct 2024XMA December 2024
£199.54
7 Nov 2024XMA December 2024
£199.54
18 Dec 2024XMA January 2025
£197.76
29 Nov 2024Banner January 2025
£186.23
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£166.94
11 Apr 2025XMA March 2025
£166.94
6 Oct 2025XMA October 2025
£165.90
6 Nov 2025XMA November 2025
£165.90
18 Dec 2024XMA January 2025
£163.92
29 Oct 2024XMA December 2024
£163.92
7 Nov 2024XMA December 2024
£162.41
29 Oct 2024XMA December 2024
£100.34
18 Dec 2024XMA January 2025
£98.88
18 Dec 2024XMA January 2025
£98.88
18 Mar 2025Pop Up Banner for TDI Cluster Working Group
£90.05
10 Oct 2025Banner October 2025
£81.02
20 Mar 2025Banner March 2025
£40.51
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£35.33
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£34.42
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£29.04
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£22.45
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£20.26
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£15.23
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£14.52
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£14.52
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£14.02
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£14.02
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£13.06
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£12.59
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£12.58
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£11.14
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£11.09
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£10.66
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£10.61
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£9.83
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£9.49
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£9.35
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£9.06
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£8.89
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£8.77
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£8.59
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£8.40
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£7.50
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£7.50
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£7.50
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£7.50
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£7.40
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£6.62
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£4.93
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£4.55
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£4.52
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£4.52
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£4.42
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£4.12
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£3.65
6 Feb 2025Banner March 2025
£3.65
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£3.48
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£2.68
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£2.68
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£2.17
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£2.14
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£1.63
25 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£1.54
29 Nov 2024Banner December 2024
£1.50
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£0.89
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£0.89
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£0.86
8 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£0.77
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£0.29
3 Dec 2024Banner January 2025
£0.29
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£0.25
21 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£0.13
1 Oct 2024Banner November 2024
£0.13
Software & applications(7)£2,810.43
12 Dec 2024ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES
£1,440.00
12 Dec 2024ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES
£600.00
24 Mar 2025APPLE.COM/BILL [200011725-8334]
£299.99
7 Feb 2025QR-CODE-GENERATOR.COM
£155.47
1 Sep 2024Subtitling Software
£9.99
18 Sep 2024Subtitling Software - Parliament
£4.99
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(13)£1,245.68
27 Nov 2024VOIP Phone - Office [***]
£129.76
10 Dec 2024VOIP Phone - Office [***]
£120.58
6 Dec 2024VOIP Phone system for Constituency office
£118.16
19 Mar 2025VOIP Phone System for Constituency Office - March
£109.08
7 Jan 2025VOIP Phone system for Constituency office
£102.49
8 May 2025May Phone Rentals & Usage
£90.06
10 Apr 2025Phone Line and Usage
£85.10
6 Jun 2025June Phone Rentals & Usage
£83.87
3 Jul 2025July Phone Rentals & Usage
£83.20
19 Mar 2025VOIP Phone System for Constituency Office - February
£82.97
6 Aug 2025August Inv - [***]
£82.06
8 Oct 2025Phone Bill - October ´25 2705
£80.35
15 Sep 2025Phone Bill - September ´25 2670
£78.00
Bought-in services(1)£860.87
12 Feb 2025HR Support for ways of working, personnel processes and policies & recruitment
£860.87
Advertising and contact cards(1)£500.00
28 Mar 2025Signage for Constituency Office - Image attached(as requested) as Receipt
£500.00
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase(1)£239.00
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(3)£135.00
28 Feb 2025No description
£75.00
17 Jan 2025No description
£30.00
Mobile telephone - contract & usage(7)£56.00
22 Nov 2024Mobile telephone
£8.00
24 Sep 2024Mobile Telephone
£8.00
12 Dec 2024Telecommunications
£8.00
22 Aug 2024Mobile Telephone
£8.00
12 Jan 2025Telecommunications
£8.00
22 Oct 2024Mobile Telephone
£8.00
Accommodation(34 claims)£25,649.29
Rent(9)£20,087.10
30 Dec 2024No description
£2,816.67
28 Nov 2024No description
£2,816.67
7 Aug 2024Accommodation rental
£2,816.67
29 Oct 2024No description
£2,816.67
28 Jan 2025No description
£2,816.67
31 Mar 20252024-25 [***] rent pro-rata
£-2,446.26
Council tax(8)£3,768.07
Hotel - London(2)£945.56
26 Jul 2024Parliamentary Business
4 nights
£750.56
30 Jul 2024Parliamentary Business
£195.00
Moving Fees(3)£486.00
30 Jul 2025Tenancy Renewal Fee
£240.00
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(6)£228.00
1 Jan 2025Telecommunications
£38.00
1 Dec 2024Telecommunications
£38.00
Utilities(6)£134.56
MP Travel(11 claims)£11,426.83
Rail(3)£9,154.87
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£8,884.97
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£149.50
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£120.40
Parking(1)£1,064.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£1,064.00
Hotel - London(1)£585.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£585.00
Mileage - car(3)£451.46
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£283.31
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£108.48
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£59.67
Other public transport(2)£111.50
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£89.60
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£21.90
Railcard(1)£60.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£60.00
Staff Travel(5 claims)£2,834.08
Rail(2)£1,465.53
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£1,383.84
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£81.69
Hotel - London(1)£1,174.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
6 nights
£1,174.00
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£103.55
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
1 night
£103.55
Subsistence(1)£91.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£91.00
Dependant Travel(4 claims)£2,406.65
Rail(2)£2,351.89
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£2,067.85
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£284.04
Parking(1)£48.00
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£48.00
Mileage - car(1)£6.76
31 Mar 2025Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25LUMP SUM
£6.76
Claims Rejected by IPSA (1)
These are expenses Chris tried to claim but IPSA refused to pay.
Office Costs — Equipment - purchase
Laptop to use in office
Reason: Not claimable
18 Sep 2024
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
