More than 20 peers who worked in Brussels built up lavish EU pensions. They include Labour's Lord Mandelson (top centre) who will receive almost £35,000 a year thanks to his former job as trade commissioner. Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock (bottom centre), 74, rose to became vice president of the EU Commission. With a retirement pot of £1.7 million, he draws a huge £87,800 pension each year. As the first High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Baroness Ashton (left) was the highest-paid politician in the world, with a salary package of around £328,000. Her pension pot of £1million will pay her around £51,400 a year. Ex-actor Michael Cashman (top right), 66, was a Labour MEP for 15 years until 2014, amassing a £390,000 pension pot worth £20,100 a year. Lord Patten of Barnes (bottom right), 72, was a Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher and was an EU commissioner for four years with a pension pot of £773,539 paying him just under £40,000 each year.