Hi
Peter Bone is a very arrogant obnoxious MP.
This is not a description which only applies to Conservative MPs however, Labour and Co also have such people in their ranks.
I am hoping, probably in vain, that a New Government will take a much harder line, in dealing with them.
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The partner of ex-Conservative MP Peter Bone, Helen Harrison, has been selected to replace him as the Tory candidate in the Wellingborough by-election. (1)
Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden congratulated Ms Harrison on social media platform X, saying she had been selected at a “packed meeting of Conservative members” on Sunday afternoon.
Ms Harrison is a North Northamptonshire councillor where she represents the Oundle ward and sits on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
She previously ran for election to Parliament in 2017 in the Derbyshire constituency of Bolsover, attempted to unseat Labour veteran Dennis Skinner.
The by-election is not expected to be held before February.
Other candidates for the election include Gen Kitchen for Labour, Ana Savage Gunn for the Liberal Democrats, Will Morris for the Green Party and Ben Habib for Reform UK.
How convenient … and financially advantageous:
Winding-up budget
Financial support is also available through the ‘winding-up budget’ to former MPs following a general election either because they have not stood for election or because they have lost their seat at the election. It is also available to MPs who cease to be an MP during a Parliament.
The winding-up budget is designed to meet the costs of completing the outstanding parliamentary functions of former MPs. This includes the costs of closing down constituency offices.
Winding-up payment
MPs who lose their seats also receive a winding-up payment (different from the winding-up budget. The winding-up payment is calculated based on two months’ net salary and is intended to provide financial support to MPs while they are closing down their parliamentary affairs.
New MPs
The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2023 is £86,584.
MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or their constituency, and travelling between Parliament and their constituency.
Good riddance. He’s a toad. Blamed the local government for its problems and ignored the massive central government funding cuts. Employed his wife at top allowable rate of £40k to be his secretary. Tried to get the August bank holiday re-named Margaret Thatcher day. Spoke up for the arse Chope when Chope blocked the bill against ‘up-skirting photos’. And voted for Truss to be PM. All which shows a man of ill-judgement.
Good luck to the bloke, he was probably set up because he cultivated opinions that the stuffy old boys club didn’t like.