Member sinceJune 2001
Years in office25 years
StatusActive MP
Parliamentary ID1442
Profile synced31 Jul 2026
MP Expenses (IPSA)
Total claims (stored)3,172
Total net amount (stored)£2,172,427.65
Latest financial year25_26
Latest expense import10 Mar 2026
Publication notes
Source: IPSA published claims. Detailed travel claim line-items and some sensitive categories are not published at claim level by IPSA.
Yearly totals
| Financial year | Claims | Total net amount |
|---|---|---|
| 25_26 | 53 | £8,271.74 |
| 24_25 | 232 | £322,423.44 |
| 23_24 | 244 | £283,094.81 |
| 22_23 | 214 | £251,194.09 |
| 21_22 | 150 | £245,577.34 |
| 20_21 | 200 | £203,737.70 |
| 19_20 | 214 | £214,130.55 |
| 18_19 | 190 | £222,234.55 |
| 17_18 | 179 | £205,652.15 |
| 16_17 | 211 | £216,111.28 |
Category totals (25_26)
| Category | Claims | Total net amount |
|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 53 | £8,271.74 |
Recent claims
| Date | Category | Description | Supplier | Status | Net amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2020 | Office Costs | [***] - BT bill | — | Paid | £49.78 |
| 4 May 2020 | Office Costs | Window cleaning - Shetland Parliamentary Office | — | Paid | £10.00 |
| 4 May 2020 | Office Costs | Disposable gloves - Shetland Janitorial Supplies Ltd (shared cost with Beatrice Wishart MSP) | — | Paid | £2.82 |
| 4 May 2020 | Office Costs | Cleaning - 14 Palace Road, Kirkwall | — | Paid | £97.20 |
| 1 May 2020 | Office Costs | Electricity | — | Paid | £334.71 |
| 28 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | ZOOM.US 888-799-9666 | — | Paid | £14.39 |
| 28 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | Printer, photocopier & scanner | — | Paid | £470.25 |
| 25 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | phone calls from home for work purposes | — | Paid | £49.78 |
| 17 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | AMZ AMAZON.CO.UK | — | Paid | £-4.49 |
| 15 Apr 2020 | Accommodation | — | — | Paid | £433.00 |
| 12 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | AMAZON.CO.UK [***] | — | Paid | £11.68 |
| 8 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | sinclair office supplies Orkney | — | Paid | £21.45 |
| 8 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | Licenced to clean window cleaning Orkney | — | Paid | £33.60 |
| 7 Apr 2020 | Staffing | PARLI-TRAINING | — | Paid | £877.20 |
| 7 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | Printer ink for home printing of letters to constituents. Coronavirus | — | Paid | £21.00 |
| 1 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | — | — | Paid | £400.00 |
| 1 Apr 2020 | Office Costs | — | — | Paid | £500.00 |
| 1 Apr 2020 | Accommodation | — | — | Paid | £750.00 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | Staffing | Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2019-20 year | — | Paid | £117,666.06 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | Staff Travel | Aggregated figure for travel during 2019-20 | — | Paid | £138.29 |