Constitutional Reform

The MPs who broke the rules, the law or the trust of their constituents, and are still in the Commons. Compiled from Standards Committee findings, criminal records, registered interests disputes and published investigations. Each entry independently fact checked.

Twenty politicians who turned public office into private income, some after leaving government, some while still serving. A few broke the rules. Many did not. The pattern is the point: a system built to protect the appearance of propriety more than propriety itself, where former power is converted into private leverage and then wrapped in technical compliance. From Cameron's Greensill texts to Hancock's jungle paycheque, the watchdog could bark from the porch while the caravan of private opportunity rolled on.

Different parties, different governments, different slogans, and yet the same people keep appearing. The revolving door is rarely about breaking the law. It is about influence becoming a commodity.

Politicians have always made mistakes. What feels different now is that nobody seems responsible when it happens, and once power stops carrying consequences, the public stops respecting power.

The scandals that destroyed careers, toppled governments and shattered public trust.

The Commons average voting participation this Parliament is just under 70 percent. The MPs below are well under it. Some have reasons. Some do not.