MPs in and around Southampton have earned thousands in the past year from speaking engagements, as well as securing tickets to The Ashes and The Brit Awards.
The register of interests, a system used for MPs to declare earnings on top of their salary, shows they have travelled around the world on funded trips including to Greece, Cyprus and Israel - as well as securing free membership to a private members club.
Romsey and Southampton North MP Caroline Nokes scored two hospitality tickets to The Brit Awards 2024 worth £3,000.
She also secured £520 tickets to the Cheltenham Festival and visited Athens in Greece to speak at the Women on Top Inclusivity Lounge and Nicosia in Cyprus to strengthen connections with the UK.
The two trips were worth £1,719.07 in total and included accommodation, transport, food and flights.
Ms Nokes is also a trustee of World Horse Welfare and was linked to three donations of £17,550 to the party from The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project for research services.
Former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman - Fareham and Waterlooville's MP - received a payment of £20,520.60 including £600 for accommodation from Coulthwaite Group Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, thought to be be for a speaking engagement.
She also received a £25,452.40 payment for a six-hour speaking engagement paid by Chosun Media in South Korea and a further £10,339 from the same company for return flights from Seoul for her and her husband.
The MP was also given £10,800 from 1LoD Ltd in London as well as £14,250 paid by Telegraph Media Group for 57 hours of article writing.
Mrs Braverman received hospitality tickets to see The Ashes at The Oval worth £1,798 and a one-year honorary membership worth £1,440 of The Walbrook Club, a private members club based in London.
She also received £27,801.27 from the National Jewish Assembly in London to cover flights, accommodation and meals during a four-night visit with her husband to Israel to show solidarity with the country following the October 7 attacks.
This was on top of two donations of £766.15 and £6505.41 from Edmund Burke Foundation Inc for trips to Belgium and Washington DC.
New MPs must register earnings in the 12 months prior to joining parliament.
Southampton Itchen Labour MP Darren Paffey - who entered the Commons for the first time at this year's election - received £3,037.37 a month from his role at the University of Southampton, a job he has since left.
He was also linked to a number of donations for the party from private individuals as well as the Communication Workers Union and Unison, totalling £21,705.85.
He told the Echo: "I’ve now finished at University of Southampton and will only be working as an MP.
"The donations from individuals were for election expenses (leaflets, adverts, letters etc) from people sympathetic with Labour’s values and manifesto, and who wanted to see us win in Southampton Itchen."
Eastleigh's new Liberal Democrat MP received £695.71 a month for her role as a councillor on the borough council, covering 20 hours a week of work.
Ms Jarvis has since confirmed she has been donating this money to charity.
She was also linked to payments of £5,000 and £2,000 from private individuals to the party.
A spokesperson for Liz Jarvis said: “Liz is continuing with absolute dedication both to her constituents and her ward in her positions as MP and councillor.
"Since becoming an MP, she has been donating her councillors allowance to charity and from September will no longer be receiving it.
“As is common for all political parties and campaigns, donations were received from many donors.”
Her predecessor and now Hamble Valley MP, Paul Holmes, received the option to buy 2,000 shared with a £5 discount for each share from the Commissioner of the Key Worker Homes Fund in London.
Mr Holmes said this is now "null and void as the company is in the process of liquidation".
There was also a £2,500 payment to the party by Valary Management Ltd, which he said was a donation from the general election campaign.
Southampton Test MP Satvir Kaur said the register of interests as published is incorrect.
It currently lists her 2023/24 role on the City Regions Board at the Local Government Association, along with donations. It includes a trip to Cannes for a property investment exhibition called MIPIM where she was on a panel.
A full report on Ms Kaur's register will be published by the Echo.
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