Brentwood and Ongar
Alex Burghart
Conservative, MP since 2017
Claimed in 2024-25
£203,620
383rd highest of the 650 sitting MPs in the UK.
Where it went
Staff wages
paid to the MP's own employees
£195,561
Office costs
rent, utilities, equipment, printing
£8,059
And the number worth comparing
Cost per elector
on 75,352 electors
£2.70
Outside money on the register
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)
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)
Checked 16 Aug 2026. Data pulled live from IPSA’s published 2024-25 totals and the UK Parliament Members API.