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| − | [[Paul Clark MP]] was the [[ | + | [[Paul Clark MP]] was the [[Labour Party]] Member of Parliament for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010. Clark was reportedly not re-elected in 2010 due to the expenses scandal as he claimed £1,200 a month in rent for his London flat before ‘flipping’ his second home and claiming mortgage interest on a house in Kent. <ref> Jack Doyle and Tamara Cohen [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2811831/They-don-t-MPs-forced-2010-expenses-including-whirlpool-bath-mirrors-carbon-monoxide-detector-stand-election-2015.html#ixzz3Y29UtPjl They STILL don't get it: MPs forced out in 2010 over expenses including a whirlpool bath, mirrors and carbon monoxide detector will stand for re-election in 2015] ''Daily Mail'', 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015 </ref> |
==Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again== | ==Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:49, 22 April 2015
Paul Clark MP was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010. Clark was reportedly not re-elected in 2010 due to the expenses scandal as he claimed £1,200 a month in rent for his London flat before ‘flipping’ his second home and claiming mortgage interest on a house in Kent. [1]
Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again
Following his loss at the 2010 election, Clark however, was given a payoff of £47,279. Just five years after this resettlement grant, Clark has been recalled to the Labour Party to stand as their constituent for Gillingham in the upcoming 2015 general election. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Jack Doyle and Tamara Cohen They STILL don't get it: MPs forced out in 2010 over expenses including a whirlpool bath, mirrors and carbon monoxide detector will stand for re-election in 2015 Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015
- ↑ Jack Doyle Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again Daily Mail, 5 February 2015, accessed 22 April 2015
