THE SALARIES of each MP in Berkshire has been revealed.
It comes after Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley said last week that some MPs are finding it “really grim” to live on a salary of £82,000.
The Worthing West MP said that the annual salary, which does not include expenses and perks, should be higher.
As such, a fundraiser has been set up poking fun at a Tory MP who used a media interview to complain about his £82,000 salary amid a cost of living crisis.
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The go fund me page says "Support this Tory MP struggling on £80k a year. I am raising £20,000 for Sir Peter Bottomley who has courageously admitted that he is ‘struggling’ on the current MP’s salary of £80,000 per year." The page was created on Wednesday and has so far raised £70 from six generous donors.
The MPs comments come just days before the £20 uplift to Universal Credit was axed, leaving low income families to struggle.
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The median salary in the UK is just over £31,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.
So how much does each MP in Berkshire earn?
The News has trawled through parliament.uk to find out how much each of Berkshire's MPs earned in the 2019/2020 financial year.
Adam Afriyie
Conservative MP for Windsor and has been an MP since 5 May 2005
Basic salary between 2019 and 2020 is £79,467.96.
Matt Rodda
Labour MP for Reading East
Salary: £79,467.96
Alok Sharma
Conservative MP for Reading West
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since 2021
Salary £79,467.96
Theresa May
Former PM and Conservative MP for Maidenhead
Salary: £79,467.96
Laura Farris
Conservative MP for Newbury
£23,780.18
Farris was elected in December 2019, meaning she earned £23,780.18 up to March 31 2020.
Tan Dhesi
Labour MP for Slough
£79,467.96
John Redwood
Conservative MP for Wokingham
£79,467.96
James Sunderland
Conservative MP for Bracknell
Salary £23,780.18
Sunderland was elected in December 2019, meaning he earned £23,780.18 up to March 31 2020.
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