Here's how MPs in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, West Suffolk, Ipswich, Waveney Valley, Lowestoft, Suffolk Coastal and South Suffolk have claimed their expenses

Suffolk MPs have claimed more than £150,000 in expenses — here's what the money was for.

Once elected, MPs can claim expenses on running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and other costs of carrying out their job over and above the basic annual salary of £93,904.

In Suffolk, those representing the county's eight constituencies have claimed just over £154,000 during the 2024/25 financial year.

Dr Peter Prinsley, who was elected in July to represent the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket constituency, claimed more than a third of the total amount, with just over £60,000.

Broken down, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) shows he claimed £14,000 and £5,434 in accommodation and office rents, respectively.

Office equipment, maintenance, redecoration and repairs claims amounted to more than £6,000.

A further £21,866 was spent on bought-in services, most of which covered consultancy chief of staff fees.

Dr Prinsley worked as a Norfolk city councillor and surgeon for months following his election.

Just behind him, James Cartlidge, the serving MP for South Suffolk since 2015, has spent a total of £37,162 during the financial year though, as a returning MP, his expenses cover a longer period than other constituencies.

Mr Cartlidge spent £22,533 on accommodation rent, £1,621 on Council Tax and £8,771 on different office costs — a further £3,548 was spent on a policy research unit.

Representing Lowestoft, Jess Asato has claimed £16,876 since being elected in July, with the biggest bill coming in the form of accommodation rent at £5,288.

She spent a further £3,000 on parliamentary research services and £7,684 on office-related costs, about half of which was paid out as rent.

The fourth highest bill was claimed by Patrick Spencer, MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, whose £11,934 expenses were mostly reserved for £2,970 in office rent and a policy research unit costing £5,265.

Adrian Ramsay, representing the Waveney Valley constituency straddling the Suffolk-Norfolk border, claimed £11,813 — £6,600 on accommodation rent and £4,138 on office costs.

The remaining three MPs all claimed less than £10,000 in carrying out their duties.

In West Suffolk, the entirety of Nick Timothy's £8,235 expenses bill was spent on a policy research unit costing £5,265, office rent at £2,340 and IKEA furniture costing £630.

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, who was elected to represent Suffolk Coastal, spent a total of £5,691, the vast majority of which went into accommodation rent costing £4,800 and hiring out venues for meetings and surgeries for £317.

The MP who claimed the least out of Suffolk's representatives was Jack Abbott, for Ipswich, with £2,307 - nearly all of which was spent on office software and applications.