BANBURY MP Tony Baldry, above, has pledged to give away his near £1,000 MP’s pay rise.

Mr Baldry, who records show earned £111,914.96 for private work between July last year and last month on top of his basic MP’s salary of £64,766, said: “We didn’t ask for this. We can’t vote on it, because MPs now no longer control their pay.

“At a time when many others in the public sector are being asked to take a pay freeze, it’s an unhelpful distraction.

“By my calculation, the increase is worth about £1,000 a year.

“After tax that is £500, so I am simply sending a cheque for £100 to the local branches of MS, Parkinson’s Disease Society, Alzheimer’s Society, WRVS and the Carers’ Centre.”

MPs have been given a 1.5 per cent increase.