UK Parliament · member 345
Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Gainsborough
- Member for this seat since
- 9 June 1983
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sir Edward Leigh, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Italy between 05 October 2025 and 08 October 2025 (registered 3 November 2025)
Miscellaneous
- Barrister, not currently practising. (registered 22 May 2015)
Family members employed
- Mary Leigh employed
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 361 recorded divisions where Sir Edward Leigh and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 361 times (100.0%).
This compares Sir Edward Leigh with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £8,076 across 33 claim lines; 2024-25: £216,772 across 102 claim lines; 2023-24: £190,502 across 81 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 29 | £6,154 |
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 4 | £1,922 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £195,220 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 49 | £8,666 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 43 | £6,630 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 7 | £5,538 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 2 | £718 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 1 | £172,337 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 44 | £6,330 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £5,987 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 28 | £4,560 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 4 | £1,288 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February 2024 | Accommodation · Insurance - buildings | Annual Building Insurance covering Feb 2024 to Feb 2025 | £997 | Paid |
| 29 November 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Printer ink purchase | £996 | Paid |
| 14 November 2012 | Accommodation · Gas | Payment Card November 2012 — BRITISH GAS TRADIN Direct Marketers - Other | £100 | Paid |
| 25 November 2016 | Accommodation · Electricity | Accommodation Sep -Nov 2016 — EDF Autumn 2016 | £99 | Paid |
| 22 October 2012 | Accommodation · Electricity | Payment Card October 2012 — EDF ENERGY-IVR Utilities-Electric, Gas, Sanitary, Water | £99 | Paid |
| 26 April 2021 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — EON Next Electricity Direct Debit | £97 | Paid |
| 7 September 2022 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — E.ON Next Electricity by Direct Debit | £97 | Paid |
| 23 May 2012 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Payment Card May 2012 — WWW.LANGFORDPRINTERS Quick Copy and Reproduction Services | £96 | Paid |
| 21 July 2010 | Office Costs · Business Rates | [***] | £94 | Paid |
| 29 January 2013 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Payment Card Febuary 2013 — BANNER BUSINESS SUPPL Stationery, Office, and School Supply Stores **** | £94 | Paid |
| 3 March 2011 | Accommodation · Gas | 2010.12 Accommodation — March Gas | £93 | Paid |
| 24 February 2011 | Accommodation · Gas | 2010.12 Accommodation — December Gas | £93 | Paid |
| 24 February 2011 | Accommodation · Gas | 2010.12 Accommodation — January Gas | £93 | Paid |
| 24 February 2011 | Accommodation · Gas | 2010.12 Accommodation — February Gas | £93 | Paid |
| 20 August 2010 | Accommodation · Gas | 2010.05-11 Accommodation — September Gas | £93 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.