MPs' expenses have surged 14 per cent in a year in Worcestershire - even higher than the natural average.
New figures reveal Worcester’s Robin Walker, Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff and West Worcestershire’s Harriett Baldwin claimed £108,828 from taxpayers in 2012/13 compared to £95,412 the year before.
The rise in spending was partly down to Mr Walker, whose expenses rose 40 per cent - from £19,034 to £26,609.
The figure still left the Tory among the lower expense claimants in the country.
It comes as new data shows all 650 MPs at the commons claimed a record £98 million last year, a 10 per cent hike.
Mr Walker, who was elected in 2010, claimed £11,197 on his constituency office in Worcester, £8,967 on accommodation and £6,412 on travel.
A major part of his rise was because he claimed no rent at all in his first two years due to working part-time at Finsbury, a financial PR firm.
It went against typical convention where MPs claim rent regardless.
He said: “Because I gave up my other job I thought I’d better start claiming rent.
“Another, smaller reason was because I’ve taken on an extra person in my office to help with casework.
“I do take keeping costs down extremely seriously.”
Mr Luff was the most expensive MP of the trio, with a £45,305 claim for 2012/13 compared with£43,401 the previous year.
It included £8,296 on his constituency office, £20,000 on accommodation, £7,186 on travel and £9,822 on staffing.
Mrs Baldwin claimed £36,914, an 11 per cent rise on the £32,976 she got in 2011/12.
Broken down, £21,370 went on her office, £2,866 on accommodation, £8,716 on travel and £3,960 on staff.
She said she wanted to see lower costs for MPs and has already rejected suggestions they should get a pay rise after 2015.
She also wants the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which is tasked with making politics cheaper, privatised.
“I have always been a supporter of any proposals which reduce the total costs of government,” she said.
“Now all MPs’ expenditure is totally transparent, I would expect the whole system can be easily and cheaply out sourced saving millions of pounds.”
Despite the increases, the figures for south Worcestershire MPs remain well below what many other parliamentarians claimed.
The top 10 got between £195,000 and £232,000 each, while Prime Minister David Cameron was handed £121,872.
Tory MP for the Wyre Forest Mark Garnier claimed £52,392.
The findings have led to fresh calls from pressure groups to reduce the costs of parliament.
Matthew Sinclair, chief executive of the Taxpayers Alliance said: “Taxpayers want to know they are getting value for money and they will have serious concerns about there being a hike in the overall cost of running MPs’ offices over the last 12 months.”
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