Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs

In total, 236 out of 650 MPs declared at least some outside earnings, working a combined 32,000 hours between them in the first 264 days of parliament. Photograph: Ian Dagnall/Alamy

A total of six MPs have spent on average one working day a week on second jobs since the start of the 2024 parliament, with additional gigs as TV presenters, lawyers and consultants.

A Guardian analysis of self-declared working hours found the six had worked at least 300 hours since July – the equivalent of eight hours a week, in outside employment averaged across the parliament – totalling almost 3,000 hours between them. A further seven MPs had worked at least five hours a week on a second job.