Some of Kent's MP have received thousands of pounds on top of their annual salary, new data has revealed.

Westminster Accounts, by Sky News and Tortoise Media, show that UK politicians earned an extra £17.1m.

All MPs are paid a base salary of £84,144 – however, millions more are added into the accounts of people and parties who work in the government.

The online database discloses earnings from secondary employment, donations from other associations and gifts, from December 2019 to the present day.

Tortoise Media said: "Although most of this money must technically be disclosed to the public, the way that information is reported, stored and displayed almost guarantees the records will not be widely scrutinised.

"Payment records are spread across different government websites, often split into small files covering short periods of time and regularly published with duplicate entries, spelling mistakes and other errors.

"The data required to examine the financial interests of just one member of parliament is laborious to gather.

"Tortoise Media and Sky News have programmatically collected and analysed thousands of donations and payment records from MPs, political parties, and all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs)."

The project found that most of the extra earnings went to conservative politicians, totalling £15.2m.

Labour received an additional £1.2m.

Former prime minister Theresa May received the most, earning £2,550,876 since the session began in December 2019.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary David Lammy topped his party's list with an extra £202,599.

But how do Kent MPs compare?

There are 17 elected MPs in the county – 16 conservative and one Labour.

Tory member Tom Tugendhat ranked at the top of the list, receiving an extra £289,400.

The money declared was raised to be put towards running during the Conservative Party leadership election last year.

It was also used to hire staff for the China Research Group and extra employees to support his work when he was Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Tonbridge and Malling politician previously competed to be the new leader of the party but was eliminated in the third round of voting.

He was also given the position of Minister of State for Security in the home department by former prime minister Liz Truss.

Second place went to Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, who gained £106,200.

Her single biggest pay cheque came from British Racing's Horse Welfare Board, who paid in £79,040.

She has been an independent member of the board since April 2019.

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke raked in an extra £98,870 – receiving £65,410 from New Homes Quality Board.

From May 2020 until April 2022, Mrs Elphicke was the chair of the independent not-for-profit body, which was created to bring in new building standards and a New Homes Ombudsman.

Kent's only Labour representative, Rosie Duffield, earnt £20,990.

The elected Canterbury MP was sent £10,000 from the Union of Shop, Distributive & Allied Workers (USDAW) – one of the UK's largest trade unions.

On the lower end of the sale was Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet, who received an extra £300.

His came solely from the The Royal & Ancient Golf Club (The R & A Club), in St Andrews, Scotland.

At the bottom was Dartford MP Gareth Johnson, who has not declared any payments or gifts.

To have a look at your local MP in more depth, click here.

Members of parliament are not required to make public their charitable donations.

As a result, Sky News and Tortoise Media say the database does not include members outgoing costs to a charity or money given to their local party.