Forty-five former MPs have been appointed to the House of Lords, but only 24 passed The Telegraph’s scrutiny during the expenses scandal in 2010.
Here’s a list of the expenses they claimed:
LABOUR
1) David Blunkett
His second home in Derbyshire was rented out for £600 per month. He also claimed the cost of relaying a path to the tune of £1,600.
2) Alistair Darling
Claimed the cost of a second home whilst letting out his London property. The stamp duty on said property was also paid for by the taxpayer.
The Telegraph uncovered that the former Chancellor of the Exchequer had claimed four different homes as his second home in four years.
3) Peter Hain
Tried to claim two mortgages for homes in his constituency of Neath.
4) Paul Murphy
Plumbers at his house were paid for with taxpayer’s money. He explained that the water was “too hot” and the whole system had to be redone.
5) Dawn Primarolo
Had mortgage repayments on her second home in London paid for by tax payers whilst having a home in her constituency Bristol.
6) David Watts
Paid for home improvements including a kitchen at £3,543, a bathroom at £3,500 and £742 on redecorating his home, with a further £549 on a Phillips LCD 26″ television.
Newly appointee who didn’t claim expenses:
Tessa Jowell DBE
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
7) Alan Beith
Received £117,000 for his second home, whilst his wife claimed £60,000 on the same home on House of Lords expenses.
During the General Election he also used his office expenses to ensure his secretary could be posted in is constituency.
8) Lorely Burt
Two months after being elected in 2005 Burt claimed the Stamp Duty on her flat at Westminster costing the public £12,500. With an added £746 for wardrobes and a further £1,110 on blinds.
9) Menzies Campbell
Has been forced to repay £1,490.66 that was claimed for an interior designer to refurbish his central London flat.
10) Don Foster
After claiming £3,450 on bathroom refurbishments, he later claimed £1,000 for a bed and a mattress and then claimed £800 a month mortgage on his London home.
Liberal Democrats who didn’t claim or were not investigated:
Sir Malcolm Bruce
Sharon Bowles
Lynee Fetherstone
Jonny Oates
Shas Sheehan
Sir Andrew Stunell
Dorothy Thornhill
CONSERVATIVES
11) William Hague
£1,200 per month on mortgage repayments was spent on housing the MP on his second home in London.
12) Andrew Lansley
He has been forced to repay £2,600 that was spent on decorating fees. This comes after having spent £4,000 on renovating his country home before selling it. All at a cost to the public.
13) George Young
Claimed the cost of a video camera on expenses. The camera was used to film clips of himself at work for YouTube. The videos seem so have since been removed.
14) David Willets
He billed taxpayers the cost of changing a light bulb. Has since been repaid.
15) Greg Baker
After selling a flat with a profit of £320,000, which was partially funded by the government, Greg Baker has been forced to repay £10,000.
16) Douglas Hogg
Famously claimed expenses on cleaning out his country manor moat. He has since been forced to repay £2,200.
17) James Arbuthnot
Cleaned out his country home swimming pool. He has been forced to repay this.
18) Anne Macintosh
After having claimed £5,000 on gardening at her Yorkshire home, she also claimed the cost of two mousetraps and mouse poison too. She was asked in 2006 for proof of her monthly rent on her second home which was £621. She has failed to provide any proof since 2000.
19) Andrew Robathan
Had claimed £3,300 a month on his London home before informing regulators of his move to a new property in his constituency which he claimed was “going to be refurbished”.
New appointees that were MPs that didn’t claim include:
James Lupton
Robert Hayward
