Labour MP for Bury North stands accused of false accounting

Date published: 07 February 2010

David Chaytor, the Labour MP for Bury North since 1997, stands accused on three counts of false accounting dating back to 2005.

The 60-year-old MP is alleged to have dishonestly claimed £1,950 for IT services using falsified invoices in May 2006.

The second charge alleges that between September 2005 and September 2006 Mr Chaytor dishonestly claimed £12,925, purportedly for renting a property in Regency Street, London, when he was in fact the owner of the property.

The third charge alleges that between September 2007 and January 2008 Mr Chaytor dishonestly claimed £5,425, purportedly for renting a property in Bury, Lancashire, from his mother.

Mr Chaytor, who referred himself to the parliamentary watchdog over the matter, has been deselected by the Labour Party for the coming general election, and was suspended from the party in May last year.

He was on the Commons' environmental audit and education and skills select committee.