David Chaytor

Not to be confused with David Chater.

David Chaytor
Member of Parliament
for Bury North
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byAlistair Burt
Succeeded byDavid Nuttall
Personal details
Born
David Michael Chaytor

(1949-08-03) 3 August 1949 (age 75)
Bury, Lancashire, England
Political partyLabour
Children3
Alma materUniversity of London
Huddersfield Polytechnic
University of Bradford
University of Leeds
ProfessionFormer teacher[1]

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.

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.

  1. ^ "David Chaytor: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. London.
  2. ^ Mp, Labour (21 October 2002). "David Chaytor". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 July 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Labour MP suspended over expenses". BBC News. 16 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Labour MP Chaytor to stand down". BBC News. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009.