South Shields
Emma Lewell
Labour, MP since 2013
Claimed in 2024-25
£300,553
74th highest of the 650 sitting MPs in the UK.
Where it went
Staff wages
paid to the MP's own employees
£231,909
Office costs
rent, utilities, equipment, printing
£29,263
Accommodation
London rent and bills
£19,147
Travel
the MP's own and their staff's
£18,032
Other costs
uncapped items outside the main budgets
£2,201
And the number worth comparing
Cost per elector
on 68,366 electors
£4.40
Outside money on the register
Miscellaneous
- Honorary member of the Catholic Union. (Registered 15 September 2015)
- A patron of the Social Care Worker of the Year Awards. Date interest arose: 1 July 2016 (Registered 18 July 2016)
- A patron of the Every Child Leaving Care Matters organisation. Date interest arose: 1 January 2016 (Registered 18 July 2016)
- Deputy Convenor of the Catholic Legislators Network. Date interest arose: 12 July 2017 (Registered 19 July 2017)
- Chair of the Labour Friends of Kosovo group Date interest arose: 23 July 2024 Date interest ended: 2 September 2026 (Registered 2 August 2024; updated 2 September 2026)
- Unpaid Board Member, Sea Change Cafe, South Shields (Sea Change Cafe is a Community Interest Company) Date interest arose: 23 March 2023 (Registered 2 August 2024)
- Member of the Advisory Council, Sea Power Laboratory at the Council on Geostrategy. This is an unpaid role Date interest arose: 22 October 2024 (Registered 22 October 2024)
- Patron of Forward Assist - a military veterans charity Date interest arose: 1 January 2018 (Registered 22 October 2024)
Checked 14 Oct 2026. Data pulled live from IPSA’s published 2024-25 totals and the UK Parliament Members API.