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Brentwood and Ongar

Alex Burghart

Conservative, MP since 2017

Official portrait of Alex Burghart

Claimed in 2024-25

£203,620

383rd highest of the 650 sitting MPs in the UK.

Staff wages

paid to the MP's own employees

£195,561

Office costs

rent, utilities, equipment, printing

£8,059

Cost per elector

on 75,352 electors

£2.70

Employment and earnings

  • Role, work or services: Writing reviews Payer: The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP (Registered 1 September 2025)
  • Role, work or services: Speaking engagement Payer: Primary Access & Research Limited (Political analysis), 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2AA (Registered 30 September 2025)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

  • Name of donor: IPGL Ltd Address of donor: 3rd Floor, 39 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9LP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: company, registration 2011009 (Registered 21 August 2026)
  • Name of donor: David Robert Meller Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 7 September 2026)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

  • Name of donor: Cliveden Literary Festival Address of donor: SRE Hotels (Cliveden) Ltd 8th Floor South Block, 55 Baker Street, London W1U 8EW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two nights stay for me and my wife and two children at the Literary Festival at which I was speaking (includes dinner both nights), value £2,302 Date received: 10 October 2025 Date accepted: 10 October 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07844715 (Registered 4 November 2025)

Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food, accommodation and transfers to/from the hotel, value £920.80 Destination of visit: France Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026 Purpose of visit: Attending the Franco-British Colloque 2026 at the Trianon Palace, Versailles, a private forum for facilitating closer and more effective engagement between the UK and France. (Registered 11 February 2026)
  • Name of donor: News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd Address of donor: 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Outbound flight from Rome to Athens and inbound flight from Athens to London (£2000), ground transportation and transfers (£876.25), accommodation (£1212.72). These costs are for myself, value £4,088.97 Destination of visit: Italy and Greece Dates of visit: 24 August 2026 to 26 August 2026 Purpose of visit: Off-site meetings with Mr K R Murdoch and other senior executives from News Corp and News UK. (Registered 18 September 2026)

Checked 14 Oct 2026. Data pulled live from IPSA’s published 2024-25 totals and the UK Parliament Members API.