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'''Elliot Anthony Morley''' (born 6 July 1952) is a former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, who was the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Glanford and Scunthorpe]] from 1987 to 1997 and then [[Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Scunthorpe]] from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid.<ref name="Telegraph story">{{cite news | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5320852/Elliot-Morley-claimed-16800-for-mortgage-that-did-not-exist-MPs-expenses.html| title= Daily Telegraph| accessdate= 2009-05-13 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first1=Robert | last1=Winnett | first2=Holly | last2=Watt | date=13 May 2009}}</ref> Morley will face criminal charges over the affair.<ref name="HMRC">Sarah Sharma, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6879019.ece Tax affairs of 27 MPs under investigation]", ''The Times'', 17 October 2009.</ref><ref name="bbc charges">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8499590.stm|title=Three MPs and one peer to be charged over expenses|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date= 5 February 2010|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref>
'''Elliot Anthony Morley''' (born 6 July 1952) is a disgraced [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician, who was the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Glanford and Scunthorpe]] from 1987 to 1997 and then [[Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)|Scunthorpe]] from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid.<ref name="Telegraph story">{{cite news | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5320852/Elliot-Morley-claimed-16800-for-mortgage-that-did-not-exist-MPs-expenses.html| title= Daily Telegraph| accessdate= 2009-05-13 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first1=Robert | last1=Winnett | first2=Holly | last2=Watt | date=13 May 2009}}</ref> Morley will face criminal charges over the affair.<ref name="HMRC">Sarah Sharma, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6879019.ece Tax affairs of 27 MPs under investigation]", ''The Times'', 17 October 2009.</ref><ref name="bbc charges">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8499590.stm|title=Three MPs and one peer to be charged over expenses|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date= 5 February 2010|accessdate=5 February 2010}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 10:28, 10 November 2010

The Right Honourable
Elliot Morley
Member of Parliament
for Scunthorpe
Glanford and Scunthorpe (1987-1997)
In office
11 June 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byRichard Hickmet
Succeeded byNic Dakin
Majority8,963 (27.4%)
Personal details
Born (1952-07-06) 6 July 1952 (age 72)
Liverpool, England
Political partyLabour
(Suspended from Parliamentary Labour Party, whip suspended)
SpousePatricia Hunt
Children1 son, 1 daughter
ResidenceWinterton, Lincolnshire
Alma materHull College of Education
ProfessionTeacher
Websiteelliotmorley.co.uk

Elliot Anthony Morley (born 6 July 1952) is a disgraced Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid.[1] Morley will face criminal charges over the affair.[2][3]

Early life

He attended St. Margaret's C of E High School, Liverpool on Aigburth Road in Aigburth in south Liverpool and received a BEd from Hull College of Education. He was head of Special Needs at Greatfield High School in Hull.

Political career

Before entering parliament, he was a councillor on Hull City Council representing Drypool Ward from 1979 to 1986.

He served as Fisheries Minister from 1997 to 2003. He was Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment in DEFRA but left government in the May 2006 reshuffle. During his time in Government Morley pushed strongly for a series of environmental causes. In 2004, he urged to strengthen the United Kingdom's efforts to purchase legally harvested lumber[4] and aided the launch a program to manage flooding and coastal erosion called 'WaveNet'. Following in 2005, Morley assisted in the establishment of a Governmental Decontamination Service,[5] which would provide decontamination and cleansing assistance after deliberate chemical, radiological, biological, or nuclear incidents and major accidental releases of harmful materials.[6]

On 19 December 2006, he was appointed to the Privy Council.[7] He was Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, (although he stepped aside from this post when his expenses claims came under investigation). In 2007 Morley voted to support the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill,[8] which would have given Parliament a blanket exemption from the Freedom of Information Act and thereby prevented the release of any information on expenses claims by Members of Parliament.[9]

Expenses claims

Main article: United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal

As part of its disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament, The Daily Telegraph reported on 14 May 2009 that Morley claimed £800 a month for a property in Winterton, near Scunthorpe, for 18 months after the mortgage ended, and allegedly received an overpayment of £16,800 in total.[10]

The Telegraph also alleged Morley rented out a London flat designated as his main residence to another Labour MP, Ian Cawsey, a close friend and former special adviser. Cawsey named the property as his second home, allowing him to claim £1,000 a month to cover the rent which he was charged by Mr Morley. In November 2007, the newspaper claims Morley 'flipped' his designated second home from his Scunthorpe property to his London flat, and for four months the two men claimed expenses on the same property.[11]

Morley told BBC News that he had repaid the money two weeks prior to the Telegraph story breaking upon realising he had mistakenly continued claiming for his mortgage payments after the mortgage had been paid off in 2006.[11] On 14 May 2009 he was suspended from holding office in the Parliamentary Labour Party because of this scandal.[11] Morley referred himself to John Lyon, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, in an effort to clear his name.[11] It was reported that this inquiry was put on hold pending a police investigation.[2] On 29 May 2009 he announced that he would not stand for re-election, but refused to resign immediately.[12]

Prosecution

On 5 February 2010, it was reported that Elliot Morley would face criminal charges over his expenses,[3] and the Labour whip was subsequently suspended.[13]

On 27 May 2010 Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine, and Lord Hanningfield (Paul White) appeared at Southwark Crown Court for a preliminary hearing. [14] They face charges of false accounting under the Theft Act.

Personal life

He married Patricia Hunt in 1975 in Hull. They have two children: a son (born August 1984) and a daughter (born 1980). He is Honorary Vice President of the Association of Drainage Authorities and Wildlife and Countryside Link. He is Honorary President of North Lincolnshire Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. He has an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Lincoln for services to nature conservation and one from the Institution of Civil Engineers for services to flood and coastal defence. He is a former President of Hull Teachers Association and a former Council member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Notes

  1. ^ Winnett, Robert; Watt, Holly (13 May 2009). "Daily Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  2. ^ a b Sarah Sharma, "Tax affairs of 27 MPs under investigation", The Times, 17 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Three MPs and one peer to be charged over expenses". BBC News. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  4. ^ Illegal Logging
  5. ^ WaveNet
  6. ^ Defra Coverage of Governmental Decontamination Service.
  7. ^ "www.number10.gov.uk". Retrieved 2006-12-19.
  8. ^ How your MP voted on the FOI Bill, The Times, 20 May 2007.
  9. ^ Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2006-07, Parliament website.
  10. ^ Winnett, Robert; Watt, Holly (13 May 2009). "Elliot Morley claimed £16,000 for mortgage that did not exist: MPs' expenses Elliot Morley, the former Labour minister, claimed parliamentary expenses of more than £16,000 for a mortgage which had already been paid off". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d "Brown suspends mortgage claim MP". BBC News. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  12. ^ "Eliot Morley to stand down as MP". BBC News. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  13. ^ The Press Association Labour suspends fraud charge MPs (UKPA)
  14. ^ http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Four-in-court-over-expenses.6326526.jp
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