Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh MP
Conservative
Gainsborough
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The Rt Hon Sir Edward Leigh is the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 1983.
He is Father of the House of Commons.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Gainsborough
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Gainsborough
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Gainsborough
1983-06-09 → 1997-05-01
Gainsborough and Horncastle
Party history
1983-06-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1990-11-02 → 1993-05-27
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade and Industry)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1983-06-09 → 1987-05-15
Defence Committee
1995-12-11 → 2000-12-13
Social Security
1996-02-26 → 1996-10-17
Agriculture
1997-07-14 → 2001-07-19
International Development Committee
2001-10-17 → 2010-01-01
Public Accounts Committee
Chair
2000-04-14 → 2010-05-06
Public Accounts Committee
2001-11-05 → 2010-05-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2024-07-30 → present
Panel of Chairs
2020-01-15 → 2024-05-30
Panel of Chairs
2017-06-22 → 2019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2010-07-07 → 2017-05-03
Panel of Chairs
2017-11-16 → 2022-07-04
Public Accounts Commission
2015-11-04 → 2017-05-03
Public Accounts Commission
2011-03-16 → 2015-03-30
Public Accounts Commission
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2011-07-18 → 2015-03-30
Members' Expenses Committee
2018-03-19 → 2019-11-06
Procedure Committee
2015-07-13 → 2017-05-03
Procedure Committee
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
International Trade Committee
2020-09-28 → 2022-05-17
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2023-02-23 → 2024-05-30
Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
edward.leigh.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 6480 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 6480 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Website
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