MPs in South Cumbria have registered the equivalent of nearly £90,000 in donations in 2022.

Barrow MP Simon Fell and Westmorland and Lonsdale's Tim Farron have registered monetary donations, trips and other gifts to parliamentary authorities this year.

Members of parliament are required to declare any donations and gifts on the MPs' register of interests.

Liberal Democrat Mr Farron registered nearly £78,000 over the past year.

That included nearly £11,000 for a policy adviser for two days per week donated by Refugee, Asylum & Migration Policy Project.

He also received the services of an intern for 22.5 hours a week from Faith In Public, a group that promises to 'play a positive role in public life on issues like poverty, homelessness, refugees and social justice; and through this to demonstrate faith as a positive agent for change'.

Mr Farron also told parliamentary authorities he expected to receive £341.48 for 200 hours of work on the book A Mucky Business: Why Christians Should Get Involved In Politics.

RAMP also paid for bus hire, a Eurotunnel ticket and catering for Mr Farron to attend Calais in France for 'refugee and asylum policy research'.

Mr Farron said: “I have two organisations on my register of interests who donate to my office – Faith in Public and the Refugee, Asylum and Migration Partnership (RAMP).

“These donations pay for policy advisors to support me in my work on housing, homelessness, poverty, refugees and faith in politics.”

Conservative MP Mr Fell registered around £11,000 in donations.

He received £5,000 from the Cayzer Trust, owned by billionaire businessman Charles Cayzer, and the same from IX Wireless, a telecommunications infrastructure company.

He also received £1,210 to attend the launch of the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence in Rabat, Morocco, paid for by cybersecurity firm Templar Executives.

Mr Fell said: "All donations are registered in full compliance with the rules from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Electoral Commission.

"Donations are made to allow me to undertake political, rather than parliamentary, activity and fund the printing of leaflets and other such activity."