Sir Christopher John Bryant is a British politician and former Anglican priest who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda and Ogmore,and previously Rhondda,since 2001. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms and Minister of State for Creative Industries,Arts and Tourism since 2024.
Andrew Richard Rosindell MP is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford since 2001.
Eric Evlyn Illsley is a former British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central from 1987 until 2011. He was a Labour Party representative until suspended from the party after being charged with false accounting as part of the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal,and then sat as an Independent. When he pleaded guilty to three counts of false accounting on 11 January 2011,he became the first sitting Member of Parliament to be convicted of a criminal offence in the scandal. Illsley resigned from the House of Commons on 8 February 2011,following his conviction,and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on 10 February 2011.
Denis MacShane is a British former politician,author,commentator and convicted criminal who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005. He joined the Labour Party in 1970 and has held most party offices. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 to his forced resignation in 2012.
Ronald Campbell was a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley from 1987 until 2019.
David Michael Chaytor is a former British Labour Party politician,who was the member of parliament (MP) for Bury North from 1997 to 2010. He was the first member of Parliament to be sentenced following the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009.
Michael Connarty is a British Labour Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and Falkirk East from 2005 until 2015,and Falkirk East (1992–2005).
Elliot Anthony Morley is a British former Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009,he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid. Morley was prosecuted and on 7 April 2011 pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to two counts of false accounting,involving over £30,000. On 20 May 2011,he was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. He was released from prison on 20 September 2011 having served a quarter of his sentence.
Margaret Mary Moran is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Moran was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South from the 1997 general election to 2010. In November 2012,jurors at Southwark Crown Court ruled that she had falsified her parliamentary expenses;she had been unable to stand trial because of mental health issues,but the case was nevertheless heard without her. Her fraudulent claims totalled more than £53,000,the highest amount by any politician in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal.
Falkirk is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election,replacing Falkirk West and part of Falkirk East.
Stewart James Jackson,Baron Jackson of Peterborough is a British politician and adviser. Jackson served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough from 2005 to 2017. After being ousted by Labour's Fiona Onasanya at the 2017 general election,he served as Chief of Staff,and Special Adviser to David Davis,Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union,until July 2018 when Davis resigned his position. He was made a member of the House of Lords as a life peer in November 2022.
Adam James Harold Holloway is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham from 2005-2024. A Government Whip from September to October 2022,and previously an Assistant Government Whip from July to September 2022,he served on the Home Affairs Select Committee and European Scrutiny Committee. He was a vocal supporter of pro-Brexit lobby group Leave Means Leave.
The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009,concerning expense claims made by members of the British Parliament in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords over the previous years. The disclosure of widespread misuse of allowances and expenses permitted to members of Parliament (MPs) aroused widespread anger among the UK public and resulted in a large number of resignations,sackings,de-selections and retirement announcements together with public apologies and the repayment of expenses. Several members,and former members,of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords were prosecuted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Stuart James Andrew is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry since 2024. He was the MP for Pudsey from 2010 until the constituency was abolished before the 2024 general election. He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport,Tourism,Heritage and Civil Society since September 2022 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since October 2022. Andrew previously served as Government Deputy Chief Whip from 2020 to 2022,Minister of State for Housing from February to July 2022,and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation from July to September 2022.
Events from the year 2012 in Scotland.
In 2013,Eric Joyce,member of the House of Commons for Falkirk,resigned from the Labour Party and announced he would not seek reelection. The process of nominating a replacement candidate for the 2015 general election led to a dispute between the party and its major financial backer Unite the Union,causing the suspension of two local party members,the resignation of Tom Watson MP as Labour's 2015 election strategist,as well as the forwarding of an internal report into the situation to Police Scotland.
Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman was a British politician and author who served as a minister throughout the Labour government of 1974 to 1979. Elected as a member of parliament (MP) at the 1970 general election,he became Father of the House in 2015 and served until his death in 2017.
John Joseph McNally is a Scottish politician who was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falkirk in 2015,serving until he stood down in 2024. He is a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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