Rupert Lowe’s Twitter habit could earn him more money than MP salary

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 25, 2026 12:07pm Updated August 25, 2026 12:37pm Lowe says he donates his MP salary to charity each month – but recently, that has been considerably below his X earnings (Picture: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock) Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe could rake in more from his prodigious tweeting habit this year than he does from working as an MP, earnings figures show. So far this year, the Great Yarmouth MP has made just under £56,000 from an estimated 60 hours’ work posting on Elon Musk’s platform X. The total was displayed in his entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which lists gifts and outside earnings for MPs. It revealed that Lowe received a single pay packet of £10,265.50 earlier this month for five hours spent tw