Do all MPs get the same salary?

Do all MPs get the same salary?

Oona King (Author and Former Member of Parliament) gives expert video advice on: Who was your boss?; How much do MPs earn?; Do all MPs get the same salary? and more...

MPs that aren't ministers, all get the same salary. For me, it's not the salary that is the issue. It's the amount of money that you get for your office, to run it. I was getting, at my constituency surgery, 50, 60, 70 people coming to see me each week. I would speak to MPs. I had lots of MPs that were friends out in the country, that would say, "Oh we had to shut our surgery because nobody showed up." I don't get 70 times the members of staff or 70 times the resources, and it's really hard. I think its unfair, it's not just hard on the MP. It is. The MP has the large case load, but its unfair on the constituents because it means that if you go to an MP who's got a huge case load, they inevitably can only give you a fraction of the time and attention that an MP can who's got a small case load. MPs shouldn't actually get the same. I think MPs that have got a really big constituency should get more, and obviously if you're a minister you get paid more as well.