Top-earning MPs:

DAVID Cameron rejected Labour’s call for a cap on MPs’ outside earnings and a ban on directorships and consultancies as it emerged t h at some MPs made hundreds of thousands of pounds last year.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the outgoing MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, ent ered payments on the Commons Register of Members’ Financial Interests of £962,516 in 2014.

The Labour MP also stated, however, that he does not receive any of the money personally and that it is held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown, the organisation he set up after leaving Downing Street to support his public work.

The register shows that a number of MPs earned significantly more than the Prime Minister – whose salary is £142,000 – last year.

According to the register of interests for 2104, Geoffrey Cox, a Conservative MP and barrister, made more than £820,000.

Other high earners on the list include the outspoken Bradford MP. George Galloway, who listed £277,350 on the register in earnings last year.

David Blunkett, the former Labour Home Secretary, made £176,295, of which he gave £1,500 to charity.

Other top earners included Sir Nichola s Soames , Winston Churchill’s grandson, who registered more than £240,000 between January and December 2014.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has written to Mr Cameron urging the Prime Minister to follow his lead in banning serving Labour MPs from directorships and consultancies.

Mr Miliband also said that he was consulting on moves to introduce a cap which could see MPs’ outside income limited to between just £5,000 and £15,000 a year.

No 10 said that Mr Cameron’s previously expressed opposition to a ban on outside jobs had not changed, despite the latest figures.

But Downing Street said that the Conservative leader did believe that there should be more openness around which MPs earn what outside parliament.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “As he has said before, he doesn’t take the view that a chamber that is simply full of professional politicians with no outside experience is a good thing.

“But, as he has said before, of course, there need to be proper rules around transparency and disclosure.”