Wakefield and Rothwell
Simon Lightwood
Labour (Co-op), MP since 2022
Claimed in 2024-25
£321,958
23rd highest of the 650 sitting MPs in the UK.
Where it went
Staff wages
paid to the MP's own employees
£242,940
Office costs
rent, utilities, equipment, printing
£30,388
Accommodation
London rent and bills
£35,092
Travel
the MP's own and their staff's
£13,538
And the number worth comparing
Cost per elector
on 75,067 electors
£4.29
Outside money on the register
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Name of donor: Coca Cola Europacific Partners Address of donor: Pemberton House Bakers Road Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1EZ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 sponsorship of Yorkshire Day dinner Donor status: company, registration 09717350 (Registered 14 August 2025)
- Name of donor: UKREiiF (The UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum) Address of donor: 5th Floor, 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £950 in buying tickets for a table at the Yorkshire Day dinner Donor status: company, registration 15086201 (Registered 14 August 2025)
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support the production of a constituency wide leaflet Date received: 12 December 2025 Date accepted: 12 December 2025 Donor status: trade union (Registered 12 December 2025)
Checked 16 Aug 2026. Data pulled live from IPSA’s published 2024-25 totals and the UK Parliament Members API.