Denis MacShane

Denis MacShane (born Denis Matyjaszek; 21 May 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 until 5 November 2012 when he was appointed to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern, a sinecure position Members of Parliament use to resign their seats. He served as the Minister for Europe from 2002 until 2005 and is a Policy Council member of Labour Friends of Israel. On 2 November 2012, he was suspended from the Labour Party after the House of Commons Standards and Privileges Committee found that he had submitted 19 false invoices "plainly intended to deceive" the parliamentary expenses authority. Later that day he announced his intention to resign as MP for Rotherham.