Scottish MPs - the repayment list in full

Here's the full list of Scottish MPs and what they owe in expenses repayments. according to Sir Thomas Legg.


Mr Danny Alexander MP
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey

Mr Alexander was overpaid £40.83 for utilities and £4.75 for insurance (totalling £45.58) in 2008-09.
He was paid £125 in April 2007 for financial planning advice which is not allowable under Green Book rules.
He was paid £781 for council tax in 2007-08. This was £120.24 in excess of the council tax charged for that year.
Total repayment recommended: £290.82
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £512.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Mr Alexander has no issues.

Mr Willie Bain, Glasgow North East
Elected in 2009

Mr Gordon R Banks MP Ochil & South Perthshire
Mr Banks has no issues.

Mr John Barrett MP Edinburgh West Mr Barrett has no issues

Miss Anne Begg MP Aberdeen South
Miss Begg has no issues


Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
The Prime Minister was paid a total of £21,189.53 for cleaning costs between April 2004 and March 2009, exceeding the maximum allowable by £11,189.53.
He was also paid £1,396 twice in April and July 2006 for internal redecoration.
He was further paid £1,302.50 in 2007-08 for garden maintenance, exceeding the allowable maximum by £302.50.
Total repayment recommended: £12,888.03
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £13,723.04
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Desmond Browne MP Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Mr Browne has no issues.


Mr Russell Brown MP Dumfries & Galloway
Mr Brown was paid for 13 months’ rent in 2008-09, resulting in an overpayment of £1,146.63.
Total repayment recommended: £1,146.63
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,146.63
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Malcolm Bruce MP Gordon
Mr Bruce was paid a total of £622 twice for insurance (£309.87 in October 2004 and £312.13 in September 2006).
Total repayment recommended: £622.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £622.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr David Cairns MP Inverclyde
Mr Cairns was overpaid by a total of £2,782.30 for his service charge and parking space for January to June 2007.
Total repayment recommended: £2,782.30
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,782.30
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP North East Fife
Sir Menzies was paid £1,490.66 over the period 2006 - 2008 for the services of an interior designer, which are regarded as unnecessary.
Total repayment recommended: £1,490.66
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,772.94
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00


Mr Alistair Carmichael MP Orkney & Shetland
Mr Carmichael was paid a total of £243.90 twice for three items: phone bill in September 2005, £70.12; phone bill in December 2005, £42.28; and TV licence in July 2006, £131.50.
He was also paid £90 for legal costs associated with non-payment of council tax in 2007-08 and £146.88 legal fees due to late payment of service charge/ground rent in May 2007. These costs, totalling £236.88, were not allowable under the Green Book rules.
Total repayment recommended: £480.78
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £480.78

Ms Katy Clark MP North Ayrshire & Arran
Ms Clark was paid a total of £336.39 between November 2006 and January 2007 for mobile phone bills and accessories, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
She was also paid £446.50 in January 2007 for removal expenses from the former second home to the main address in August 2006, which was also not allowable.
Total repayment recommended: £782.89
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £782.89
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Tom Clarke CBE JP MP Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Mr Clarke has no issues.

Mr Michael Connarty MP Linlithgow & East Falkirk
Mr Connarty was overpaid by £309.02 for service charges during 2004-05.
He was also overpaid by a total of £4,872.54 for mortgage interest for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Total repayment recommended: £5,181.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,181.56
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP Edinburgh South West
Mr Darling was paid £1,104 for a chest of drawers in February 2007. That exceeded the guideline price of £550 by £554.
Total repayment recommended: £554.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,512.04
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Ian Davidson MP Glasgow South West
Mr Davidson was overpaid £474.47 for mortgage interest in 2007-08.
He was paid a total of £120 for court costs associated with non-payment of council tax (£55 in July 2005, and £65 in June 2007).
He was also overpaid by £646.92 for council tax in 2007-08.
Total repayment recommended: £1,241.39
Reduced on appeal by:£474.47
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £766.92
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Jim Devine MP Livingston
Mr Devine has no issues.

Mr Brian Donohoe MP Central Ayrshire
Mr Donohoe has no issues.

Mr Frank Doran MP Aberdeen North
Mr Doran has no issues

Mr Nigel Griffiths JP MP Edinburgh South
Mr Griffiths was overpaid by a total of £4,005.84 for mortgage interest (£464.51 in 2004-05; £961.38 in 2005-06; and £2,579.95 in 2006-07). Mr Griffiths’ mortgage lender has acknowledged that the interest calculations they provided to the MP, and were used as the basis of his claims, contained errors. The mortgage lender is therefore arranging to reimburse the House of Commons directly for this element, which has yet to be determined.
Total repayment recommended: £4,005.84
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £4,005.84
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr David Hamilton MP Midlothian
Mr Hamilton was overpaid by a total of £2,595.51 for mortgage interest (£783.36 in 2004-05; £511.10 in 2005-06; £304.24 in 2006-07; and £996.81 in 2008-09).
Total repayment recommended: £2,595.51
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,595.51

Mr Tom Harris MP Glasgow South
Mr Harris has no issues.

Mr James Hood MP Lanark & Hamilton East
Mr Hood was overpaid a total of £1,185 in 2006-07 (for the following items: £400 for food, £80 for utilities, £75 for council tax, £100 for telephone and telecommunications, £200 for cleaning, £200 for service/maintenance and £130 for repairs, insurance, security).
He was also overpaid by a total of £3,783.35 for mortgage interest (£2,434.46 in 2004-05 and £1,348.89 in 2005-06).
He was further overpaid by £445.14 for mortgage interest in 2006-07.
Total repayment recommended: £5,413.49
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £5,413.49
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0,00

Mr Stewart Hosie MP Dundee East
Mr Hosie was paid £379.45 in February 2009 for staying in a hotel when his home was flooded. This cost should have been reclaimed from the insurance company.
Total repayment recommended: £379.45
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £379.45
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
Mr Ingram has no issues.

Mr Eric Joyce MP Falkirk
Mr Joyce was over-paid by a total of £5,002.56 for mortgage interest (£1,645.77 in 2004-05, £1,037.59 in 2006-07 and £2,319.20 in 2007-08).
In addition Mr Joyce was paid twice for a claim of £3,000 for mortgage interest for the period November to December 2007.
He was also paid twice in the same period for council tax, cleaning and service/maintenance claims totalling £600.
Total repayment recommended: £8,602.56
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £8,602.56

Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP Ross, Skye & Lochaber
Mr Kennedy has no issues.

Mr Mark Lazarowicz MP Edinburgh North & Leith
Mr Lazarowicz has no issues.

Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Mr McAvoy has no issues

Mr Angus MacNeil MP Na h-Eileanan An Iar
Mr MacNeil was overpaid by £133 for council tax in 2007-08.
Total repayment recommended: £133.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £133.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr John Mason MP Glasgow East
Mr Mason has no issues

Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Mr McAvoy has no issues

Rt Hon John McFall MP West Dunbartonshire
Mr McFall has no issues.

Mr James McGovern MP Dundee West
Mr McGovern was overpaid by £266.54 in December 2005 for various items of furnishings and hardware.
Total repayment recommended: £266.54
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £794.10
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00


Rt Hon Anne McGuire MP Stirling
Mrs McGuire has no issues.

Miss Ann McKechin MP Glasgow North
Miss McKechin has no issues.

Mrs Rosemary McKenna CBE MP
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Mrs McKenna was overpaid by a total of £3,008.93 for rent (2005-06 by £1,195.85 and 2007-08 by £1,813.08).
Total repayment recommended: £3,008.93
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £3,008.93
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Ms Anne Moffat MP East Lothian
Ms Moffat was overpaid by £1,617.09 for mortgage interest in 2008-09.
She was also paid a total of £1,256.44 in 2008-09 for items that related to her main home (£152.16 for insurance, £476.09 for telephone bills and £628.19 for a Sky package).
Total repayment recommended: £2,873.53
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,873.53

Mr Michael Moore MP Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
Mr Moore has no issues.

Mr David Mundell MP Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale
Mr Mundell was paid for 13 months of rent in 2006-07. This included a payment for rent for March 2006, which was not identified as such and which had not been included in claims for 2005-06. The overpayment involved was £1,300.
Total repayment recommended: £1,300.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,300.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Jim Murphy MP East Renfrewshire
Mr Murphy was overpaid a total of £197.46 for mortgage interest over two years of the review period (£9.94 in 2004-05; £187.52 in 2006-07).
He was also paid £380 twice for food in May 2004.
Total repayment recommended: £577.46
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £577.46
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mrs Sandra Osborne MP Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Mrs Osborne was paid a total of £1,343.50 twice in April 2004 (£749 for furniture, £544.50 for council tax, and £50 for utilities). She was also overpaid by £1,268.62for rent in 2005-06.
Total repayment recommended: £2,612.12
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,612.12
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Alan Reid MP Argyll & Bute
Mr Reid has no issues.

Rt Hon John Reid MP Airdrie & Shotts
Dr Reid was paid £1,410 twice in April 2007.
In July 2007, he was paid £1,179.63 for removal costs. £975.00 of this was used for the transfer of furniture to a residence in Ireland, which was not an allowable expense.
In April 2008, he was paid £346.88 for marketing the previous second home, which was also not allowable.
Total repayment recommended: £2,731.88
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £7,336.51
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr William Rennie MP Dunfermline & West Fife
Mr Rennie was overpaid a total of £123.10 through duplicate payments for electricity in 2006-07.
He was also overpaid a total of £2,450 through duplicated payments for rent (£1,250 in March 2006 and £1,200 in January 2007).
Total repayment recommended: £2,573.10
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £2,573.60
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Angus Robertson MP, Moray
Mr Robertson was paid £2,324 in February 2006 for a leather bed settee, exceeding what was necessary by £1,114.
He was further overpaid by £103 in 2007-08 for a DVD player.
Total repayment recommended: £1,217.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,217.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr John W Robertson MP Glasgow North West
Mr Robertson was paid a total of £1,750 in petty cash between April and November 2004.This was not an allowable expense under the Green Book rules.
He was paid a total of £7,225 for cleaning costs (£2,350 in 2004-05; £2,350 in 2005-06 and £2,525 in 2006-07). These exceeded £2,000 a year by a total of £1,225.
Total repayment recommended: £2,975.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £2,975.00


Mr Frank Roy MP Motherwell & Wishaw
Mr Roy was overpaid by £545.79 for mortgage interest in 2005-06.
Total repayment recommended: £545.79
Reduced on appeal by:£545.79
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Lindsay A Roy CBE MP Glenrothes
Mr Roy has no issues.

Mr Alexander Salmond MP
Banff & Buchan
Mr Salmond has no issues


Mr Mohammad Sarwar MP
Glasgow Central
Mr Sarwar was paid a total of £123.83 twice for telephone bills in 2005-06.
He was also paid £122.12 in February 2005 for mobile phone bills, which are not allowable under the ACA, although they could be claimed under the Incidental Expenses Provision.
Total repayment recommended: £245.95
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £245.95
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr James Sheridan MP Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Mr Sheridan was overpaid by £200 for food in October 2008.
He was also overpaid by £200 for council tax in May - June 2005.
Total repayment recommended: £400.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £779.41
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00


Sir Robert Smith MP West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine
Sir Robert has no issues

Rt Hon Gavin Strang MP Edinburgh East
Dr Strang has no issues

Ms Jo Swinson MP East Dunbartonshire
Ms Swinson has no issues.

Mr John Thurso MP Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Mr Thurso was overpaid a total of £548.21 for council tax in three years (£297.95 in 2005-06; £175.10 in 2006-07; and £75.16 in 2007-08).
Total repayment recommended: £548.21
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £548.21
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Mr Mike Weir MP Angus Mr Weir has no issues.

Mr Peter Wishart MP , Perth & North Perthshire
Mr Wishart was overpaid by £1,408.53 for rent in 2007-08.
He was also overpaid a total of £223.97 in 2008-09 (£66.11 for a telephone bill, and £157.86 for an electricity bill).
Total repayment recommended: £1,632.50
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £1,632.50
Balance recommended to be repaid: £0.00

Some noteable former Members of parliament:

Baroness Irene Adams Paisley North
Baroness Adams was paid £2,895 for cleaning costs in 2004-05, exceeding the allowable maximum by a total of £895.
In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £4,110.00 for the period April 2004 to April 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Baroness Adams should repay the whole of this sum.
Total repayment recommended: £5,005.00
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £5,005.00


Mr John Lyons Strathkelvin and Bearsden
No reply has been received from Mr Lyons to a number of letters sent to the address held by the House authorities. In default of evidence to support payments for mortgage interest of £18,780.80 for 2004-05 and April 2005, I must regard these payments as having been invalid. Accordingly my recommendation is that Mr Lyons should repay the whole of this sum.
Total repayment recommended: £18,780.80
Total repayments received since 1 April 2009: £0.00
Balance recommended to be repaid: £18,780.80

Mr David Marshall Glasgow East
Mr Marshall has no issues.

Rt Hon the Lord Martin Glasgow North East
Lord Martin has no issues.