MSP Expenses

saltire shield 'A former member of the Scottish Parliament who claimed more than £100,000 in expenses
before resigning due to ill health is to receive a pension of around £15,000 a year.
The decision comes after an eight-month inquiry into Keith Raffan's expenses.
He is not expected to face charges over accusations that he claimed travel expenses in
Scotland on days he was allegedly out of the country.'
Kate Devlin in the Daily Telegraph, 15 th September 2005		Lion Rampant

MSP Expenses for 2005 - 2006

The individual expense claims for MSPs for the period 2005 to 2006 was £9,768,794.86.

The Party Leaders Allowance increased was £1,919.51.

The average expenses per party for serving MSPs were:
Presiding Officer (One MSP): £12,860.06
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (One MSP): £13,192.94
Independent (Five MSPs): £18.165.40
Labour (51 MSPs): £23,282.98
Scottish National Party (25 MSPs): £27,716.91
Conservatives: (18 MSPs): £28,715.98
Liberal Democrats: (17 MSPs) £34,312.74
Scottish Green Party (Seven MSPs): £41,470.29
Scottish Socialist Party (Six MSPs): £56,271.02

Full information concerning MSP expenses can be found on the Scottish Parliament website.

MSP Expenses for 2005 - 2006
MSP Expenses 2005 -2006

Individual expense claims

Rank MSP Party Expenses (£)
1 Rosemary Byrne Scottish Socialist Party 62,775.56
2 Carolyn Leckie Scottish Socialist Party 60,812.42
3 Frances Curran Scottish Socialist Party 58,850.89
4 Alasdair Morrison Labour 54,442.68
5 Tommy Sheridan Scottish Socialist Party 53,548.12
6 Rosie Kane Scottish Socialist Party 51,848.07
7 Colin Fox Scottish Socialist Party 49,791.07
8 Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats 48,274.50
9 Shiona Baird Scottish Green Party 47,978.91
10 Jamie McGrigor Conservative & Unionist 47,942.62
11 Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 47,927.46
12 Eleanor Scott Scottish Green Party 47,672.42
13 Jim Wallace Liberal Democrats 47,111.34
14 George Lyon Liberal Democrats 46,854.75
15 Tavish Scott Liberal Democrats 46,278.17
16 John Farquhar Munro Liberal Democrats 45,572.02
17 Chris Ballance Scottish Green Party 45,296.78
18 Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrats 44,855.12
19 Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrats 43,742.04
20 Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 40,721.14
21 John Swinney Scottish National Party 40,589.01
22 Jim Mather Scottish National Party 39,174.56
23 Alex Fergusson Conservative & Unionist 38,548.64
24 Maureen McMillan Labour 37,546.36
25 Lewis Macdonald Labour 37,131.39
26 Stewart Stevenson Scottish National Party 36,458.32
27 Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party 36,241.30
28 John Scott Conservative & Unionist 35,431.35
29 Allan Wilson Labour 35,288.66
30 Nora Radcliffe Liberal Democrats 35,192.69
31 Jeremy Purvis Liberal Democrats 35,054.32
32 Euan Robson Liberal Democrats 34,909.92
33 Rob Gibson Scottish National Party 34,794.89
34 Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party 34,681.82
35 Mary Scanlon Conservative & Unionist 33,632.57
36 Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party 32,957.40
37 Alex Neil Scottish National Party 32,716.25
38 David Davidson Conservative & Unionist 32,645.66
39 Ross Finnie Liberal Democrats 31,756.05
40 Trish Godman Labour 31,699.04
41 Bruce McFee Scottish National Party 31,548.94
42 Jackie Baillie Labour 30,586.29
43 Robin Harper Scottish Green Party 30,355.01
44 Mark Ballard Scottish Green Party 30,340.33
45 Gordon Jackson Labour 30,245.91
46 Alex Johnstone Conservative & Unionist 30,171.10
47 Margaret Mitchell Conservative & Unionist 30,062.83
48 Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party 30,054.45
49 Alasdair Morgan Scottish National Party 29,560.52
50 Duncan McNeil Labour 29,458.92
51 Kenneth Macintosh Labour 29,325.58
52 Elaine Murray Labour 29,196.77
53 Ted Brocklebank Conservative & Unionist 29,042.15
54 Bill Aitken Conservative & Unionist 28,751.88
55 Stewart Maxwell Scottish National Party 28,638.99
56 Phil Gallie Conservative & Unionist 28,366.74
57 Robert Brown Liberal Democrats 28,314.82
58 John Home Robertson Labour 28,080.07
59 Adam Ingram Scottish National Party 27,996.51
60 Wendy Alexander Labour 27,933.58
61 Nanette Milne Conservative & Unionist 27,892.99
62 Murdo Fraser Conservative & Unionist 27,629.24
63 Karen Gillon Labour 27,628.52
64 Murray Tosh Conservative & Unionist 27,470.45
65 Richard Baker Labour 27,094.61
66 Iain Smith Liberal Democrats 27,003.76
67 Michael McMahon Labour 26,830.53
68 Annabel Goldie Conservative & Unionist 26,771.66
69 Paul Martin Labour 26,770.51
70 Kate McLean Labour 26,260.98
71 Linda Fabiani Scottish National Party 26,172.30
72 Peter Peacock Labour 25,937.64
73 Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party 25,905.99
74 Karen Whitefield Labour 25,688.19
75 Cathy Jamieson Labour 25,480.66
76 Margaret Jamieson Labour 25,335.63
77 Andy Kerr Labour 25,240.31
78 Brian Monteith Independent 25,132.05
79 Jean Turner Independent 25,002.01
80 Bristow Muldoon Labour 24,882.24
81 Campbell Martin Independent 24,099.65
82 Pauline McNeill Labour 24,036.05
83 Susan Deacon Labour 23,654.53
84 Brian Adam Scottish National Party 23,587.95
85 Shona Robison Scottish National Party 22,847.83
86 Elaine Smith Labour 22,794.12
87 Cathy Peattie Labour 22,683.54
88 Hugh Henry Labour 22,649.08
89 Christine Grahame Scottish National Party 22,261.31
90 Cathie Craigie Labour 22,212.10
91 Michael Matheson Scottish National Party 22,066.89
92 Marlyn Glen Labour 21,522.43
93 Sarah Boyack Labour 21,447.43
94 Bruce Crawford Scottish National Party 21,142.34
95 David McLetchie Conservative & Unionist 20,858.29
96 Tricia Marwick Scottish National Party 20,798.93
97 Bill Butler Labour 20,210.50
98 Lord Selkirk of Douglas Conservative & Unionist 20,008.62
99 Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats 19,808.73
100 Janis Hughes Labour 19,792.15
101 Kenny MacAskill Scottish National Party 19,541.74
102 Sandra White Scottish National Party 19,532.22
103 Marilyn Livingstone Labour 19,475.71
104 Irene Oldfather Labour 19,284.37
105 Derek Brownlee 3 Conservative & Unionist 18,841.69
106 Andrew Arbuckle Liberal Democrats 18,615.80
107 Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party 18,268.79
108 Helen Eadie Labour 18,184.71
109 Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats 18,105.92
110 Frank McAveety Labour 17,659.00
111 Scott Barrie Labour 17,489.31
112 Christine May Labour 17,153.17
113 Rhona Brankin Labour 16,969.50
114 Jack McConnell Labour 16,447.03
115 Sylvia Jackson Labour 16,371.11
116 Charles Gordon 5 Labour 16,227.18
117 Mary Mulligan Labour 16,208.72
118 Des McNulty Labour 15,838.46
119 Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party 15,383.52
120 Patricia Ferguson Labour 14,918.57
121 Dennis Canavan Independent 13,982.59
122 Johann Lamont Labour 13,377.96
123 John Swinburne Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party 13,192.94
124 George Reid Presiding Officer 12,860.06
125 David Mundell 2 Conservative & Unionist 12,819.14
126 Margaret Curran Labour 12,101.66
127 Donald Gorrie Liberal Democrats 11,866.66
128 Malcolm Chisholm Labour 10,972.15
129 Tom McCabe Labour 10,783.91
130 Lord Watson of Invergowrie 4 Labour 8,882.22
131 Margo MacDonald Independent 2,610.71
132 Keith Raffan 1 Liberal Democrats 2,019.04
133 John McAllion 6 Labour 1,370.75
1 Resigned 7 th January 2005 - winding up expenses
2 Resigned 17 th June 2005
3 Sworne in 22 nd June 2005
4 Resigned 1 st September 2005
5 Elected 29 th September 2005
6 Defeated in May 2003 - winding up expenses
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