MSP Expenses

saltire shield 'Eric Joyce, the Falkirk MP who notched up Westminster's highest expenses and allowances,
spent £30,000 on air fares, it has been revealed.
The figures, which the House of Commons authorities have been battling to keep private, are
now to be released.'
BBC News, 14 th February 2007.		Lion Rampant

MSP Expenses for 2006 - 2007

The individual expense claims for MSPs for the period 2006 to 2007 was £10,261,285.86, up by 5.04 % on the £9,768,794.86 for 2005 to 2006.

The Party Leaders Allowance increased from £1,919.51 in 2005 to 2006 to £5,775.82 in 2006 to 2007.

The average expenses per party for serving MSPs were:
Presiding Officer (One MSP): £10,447.35 (-£2,412.71)
Scottish Green Party (Seven MSPs): £11,447.95 (-£30,022.34)
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (One MSP): £14,190.13 (+£997.19)
Independent (Five MSPs): £16,544.54 (- 1,620.86)
Labour (50 MSPs): £24,534.32 (+£1,251.34)
Scottish National Party (26 MSPs): £26,693.40 (-£1,023.51)
Conservatives: (18 MSPs): £30,034.96 (+£1,318.98)
Liberal Democrats: (17 MSPs) £33,952.20 (-£360.54)
Solidarity (Two MSPs): £47,329.22
Scottish Socialist Party (Four MSPs): £64,888.46 (+£8,617.44)

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

MSP Expenses for 2005 - 2006 MSP Expenses for 2006 - 2007
MSP Expenses 2005 -2006 MSP Expenses 2006 -2007

Individual expense claims

Rank MSP Party Expenses (£)
1 Frances Curran Scottish Socialist Party 70,002.79
2 Carolyn Leckie Scottish Socialist Party 68,358.55
3 Rosie Kane Scottish Socialist Party 60,995.23
4 Colin Fox Scottish Socialist Party 60,197.27
5 Alasdair Morrison Labour 53,888.22
6 Tommy Sheridan Solidarity 50,647.21
7 John Farquhar Munro Liberal Democrats 48,737.63
8 Jamie Stone Liberal Democrats 47,049.33
9 Jamie McGrigor Conservative & Unionist 46,634.82
10 Tavish Scott Liberal Democrats 45,650.36
11 George Lyon Liberal Democrats 45,564.90
12 Mike Rumbles Liberal Democrats 44,846.93
13 John Scott Conservative & Unionist 44,114.74
14 Rosemary Byrne Solidarity 44,011.22
15 Jim Wallace Liberal Democrats 42,924.23
16 Dave Petrie 1 Conservative & Unionist 41,778.84
17 Jim Mather Scottish National Party 41,357.98
18 Fergus Ewing Scottish National Party 39,546.77
19 Nicol Stephen Liberal Democrats 39,400.22
20 John Swinney Scottish National Party 38,523.78
21 Allan Wilson Labour 38,070.10
22 Alex Fergusson Conservative & Unionist 37,531.86
23 Stewart Stevenson Scottish National Party 36,988.71
24 Nanette Milne Conservative & Unionist 36,451.29
25 Maureen McMillan Labour 35,791.00
26 Lewis Macdonald Labour 35,575.07
27 Charles Gordon Labour 35,353.09
28 Richard Lochhead Scottish National Party 34,973.13
29 Alex Johnstone Conservative & Unionist 34,542.93
30 Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party 34,469.13
31 Jackie Baillie Labour 34,403.27
32 Euan Robson Liberal Democrats 34,402.79
33 Jeremy Purvis Liberal Democrats 34,070.22
34 Alex Neil Scottish National Party 33,254.14
35 Michael McMahon Labour 33,111.32
36 Rob Gibson Scottish National Party 33,100.40
37 Karen Gillon Labour 32,337.67
38 Elaine Murray Labour 31,687.01
39 Murdo Fraser Conservative & Unionist 31,276.48
40 Bruce McFee Scottish National Party 31,005.49
41 Nora Radcliffe Liberal Democrats 30,933.57
42 Adam Ingram Scottish National Party 30,853.96
43 Robert Brown Liberal Democrats 30,690.56
44 Annabel Goldie Conservative & Unionist 30,668.17
45 Ross Finnie Liberal Democrats 30,560.59
46 Kenneth Macintosh Labour 30,464.35
47 Stewart Maxwell Scottish National Party 30,417.95
48 Duncan McNeil Labour 30,197.14
49 Phil Gallie Conservative & Unionist 29,785.58
50 Richard Baker Labour 29,503.43
51 Alasdair Morgan Scottish National Party 28,905.95
52 Elaine Smith Labour 28,837.61
53 Peter Peacock Labour 28,595.83
54 Iain Smith Liberal Democrats 28,416.07
55 Ted Brocklebank Conservative & Unionist 28,379.88
56 David Davidson Conservative & Unionist 28,357.96
57 Margaret Mitchell Conservative & Unionist 28,304.72
58 Gordon Jackson Labour 28,225.64
59 Kate McLean Labour 28,080.86
60 Derek Brownlee Conservative & Unionist 27,599.61
61 Bill Aitken Conservative & Unionist 27,031.82
62 Christine Grahame Scottish National Party 26,921.22
63 Marlyn Glen Labour 26,841.34
64 Wendy Alexander Labour 26,619.31
65 Murray Tosh Conservative & Unionist 25,923.65
66 Trish Godman Labour 25,794.71
67 Pauline McNeill Labour 25,649.66
68 Jean Turner Independent 25,081.90
69 John Home Robertson Labour 24,961.72
70 Nicola Sturgeon Scottish National Party 24,865.13
71 Andy Kerr Labour 24,812.46
72 Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party 24,415.69
73 Paul Martin Labour 24,386.63
74 Susan Deacon Labour 24,103.96
75 Linda Fabiani Scottish National Party 24,012.10
76 Margaret Jamieson Labour 23,873.97
77 Andrew Arbuckle Liberal Democrats 23,485.61
78 Campbell Martin Independent 23,091.31
79 Sylvia Jackson Labour 23,084.77
80 Bristow Muldoon Labour 22,732.73
81 Shona Robison Scottish National Party 22,601.56
82 Hugh Henry Labour 22,322.86
83 Sarah Boyack Labour 22,029.79
84 Margaret Smith Liberal Democrats 21,823.22
85 Cathie Craigie Labour 21,783.56
86 Karen Whitefield Labour 21,447.07
87 Michael Matheson Scottish National Party 21,344.27
88 Bruce Crawford Scottish National Party 20,774.36
89 Maureen Watt 2 Scottish National Party 20,576.41
90 David McLetchie Conservative & Unionist 20,338.53
91 Janis Hughes Labour 20,261.25
92 Lord Selkirk of Douglas Conservative & Unionist 20,059.17
93 Cathy Peattie Labour 19,902.71
94 Rhona Brankin Labour 19,568.62
95 Marilyn Livingstone Labour 19,550.26
96 Cathy Jamieson Labour 19,219.36
97 Helen Eadie Labour 19,067.37
98 Christine May Labour 19,048.68
99 Scott Barrie Labour 18,909.13
100 Sandra White Scottish National Party 18,898.14
101 Tricia Marwick Scottish National Party 18,886.62
102 Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 18,874.87
103 Bill Butler Labour 18,820.67
104 Brian Adam Scottish National Party 18,794.57
105 Kenny MacAskill Scottish National Party 18,763.25
106 Irene Oldfather Labour 18,743.00
107 Fiona Hyslop Scottish National Party 18,028.65
108 Eleanor Scott Scottish Green Party 17,674.51
109 Jack McConnell Labour 17,410.62
110 Mike Pringle Liberal Democrats 17,229.00
111 Johann Lamont Labour 17,122.15
112 Frank McAveety Labour 17,040.17
113 Mary Mulligan Labour 16,911.47
114 Brian Monteith Independent 16,738.47
115 Dennis Canavan Independent 15,427.11
116 Shiona Baird Scottish Green Party 15,308.25
117 Patricia Ferguson Labour 15,245.20
118 Des McNulty Labour 15,186.47
119 Tom McCabe Labour 14,851.17
120 Chris Ballance Scottish Green Party 14,393.47
121 John Swinburne Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party 14,190.13
122 Margaret Curran Labour 13,008.53
123 Malcolm Chisholm Labour 12,283.22
124 Donald Gorrie Liberal Democrats 11,402.17
125 George Reid Presiding Officer 10,477.35
126 Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 10,136.98
127 Margo MacDonald Independent 2,383.92
128 Robin Harper Scottish Green Party 1,970.70
129 Mary Scanlon 3 Conservative & Unionist 1,849.30
130 Mark Ballard Scottish Green Party 1,776.88
131 Margaret Ewing 4 Scottish National Party 1,748.98
1 sworne in 19 th April 2006
2 sworne in 19 th April 2006
3 resigned 7 th April 2006
4 died 21 st March 2006 -winding up expenses
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