MPs' Second Jobs

Nick Raynsford Labour
Among the highest earners is Nick Raynsford, the former housing minister, who collected £148,000 from six private-sector jobs last year, mostly connected to housing

John Hemming, the Liberal Democrat MP
and John Hemming, the Liberal Democrat MP, who receives more than £200,000 a year from his computer software company.

John Bercow Labour party chairman.
John Bercow, the new Speaker of the House of Commons, was paid £40,000 by a health care firm that runs a number of special needs schools after he wrote a government report that led to an increase in special needs funding.

Paul Keetch, the Liberal Democrat MP for Hereford,
charges £48,000 through a company he owns for around 36 days’ work a year advising an insurance broker and a tent supplier; the fee works out at £1,300 a day.

John Thurso, the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, earns £7,500 a year for helping to organise the International Wine and Spirit Competition. The work takes 10 hours.

Mr Hague,
who earned around £230,000 last year from after dinner speeches, advice to private companies and writing books, is to step down from several posts by the autumn.

Oliver Letwin, the Tory party’s policy chief
Other senior Tories who are resigning from their outside positions include Oliver Letwin, the party’s policy chief, who earns a £60,000 salary for working eight hours a week at NM Rothschild, the investment bank,

David Willetts, the shadow skills secretary,
who is paid £80,000 a year to advise a pension company.

Mr Milburn,
51, is expected to be shown to be one of Labour’s highest earners. He is known to earn at least £115,000 a year from five outside employers.