David Wilshire (born 16 September 1943, Bristol) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in Surrey from 1987 to 2010.
Wilshire was responsible for introducing Section 28 legislation in 1988 and in 2009 was implicated in the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal.
On October 14, 2009, Wilshire admitted using parliamentary expenses to pay £105,000 over three years to Moorl...
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David Wilshire (born 16 September 1943, Bristol) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in Surrey from 1987 to 2010.
Wilshire was responsible for introducing Section 28 legislation in 1988 and in 2009 was implicated in the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal.
On October 14, 2009, Wilshire admitted using parliamentary expenses to pay £105,000 over three years to Moorlands Research Services, a company he set up and owned with his partner Anne Palmer to run his office, but insisted it was approved by the authorities. On 15 October 2009 after a meeting with the Conservative Chief Whip, he announced that he would not be standing as a candidate at the next general election.
On November 3rd, 2011, Parliament's Standards and Privileges Committee revealed the decision via its website to end the probe into Mr Wilshire's use of more than £100,000 of public money to pay his own company.No reason was offered, but many...
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