Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Labour
Leeds South
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The Rt Hon Hilary Benn is the Labour MP for Leeds South, and has been an MP continually since 10 June 1999.
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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
Leeds South
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Leeds Central
1999-06-10 → 2010-05-06
Leeds Central
Party history
1999-06-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-05 → present
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2007-06-28 → 2010-05-06
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2003-10-06 → 2007-06-28
Secretary of State for International Development
2003-05-13 → 2003-10-06
Minister of State (Department for International Development)
2002-05-29 → 2003-05-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Minister for Prisons and Probation)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
Opposition posts
2023-09-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2015-05-08 → 2016-06-26
Shadow Foreign Secretary
2011-10-07 → 2015-05-08
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Committee memberships
1999-12-06 → 2001-06-01
Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs
2011-01-26 → 2011-12-07
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2020-01-27 → 2021-01-16
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2017-07-12 → 2019-11-06
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2016-10-19 → 2017-05-03
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2020-05-20 → 2021-01-15
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2016-10-19 → 2017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2023-06-12 → 2023-11-20
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
bennh@parliament.uk
020 7219 5770 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 5770 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
boxj@parliament.uk
0113 244 1097 · Suite 7, Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS7 1AB
0113 244 1097 · Suite 7, Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS7 1AB
Website
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