David Chaytor
British politician (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Michael Chaytor (born 3 August 1949)[2] 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.
David Chaytor | |
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Member of Parliament for Bury North | |
In office 1 May 1997 ā 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Alistair Burt |
Succeeded by | David Nuttall |
Personal details | |
Born | David Michael Chaytor (1949-08-03) 3 August 1949 (age 74) Bury, Lancashire, England |
Political party | Labour |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of London Huddersfield Polytechnic University of Bradford University of Leeds |
Profession | Former teacher[1] |
On 2 June 2009, he announced that he would not be standing for Parliament at the next general election.[3][4] On 3 December 2010 he pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting in relation to Parliamentary expenses claims and he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment on 7 January 2011. Chaytor was released from prison on 26 May 2011 under the conditions of Home Detention Curfew.