Tom Wise

Tom Wise

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parliament = European
constituency_MP = East of England
term_start = June 2004
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website = [http://www.tomwisemep.co.uk/ tomwisemep.co.uk]
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Tom Wise is a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England for the United Kingdom Independence Party. He was first elected in 2004.

He is a former police officer and former managing director of a German herbs and spices company. He used to a member of the Liberal Party. [cite web
url=http://www.tomwisemep.co.uk/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1094829906&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&TB=home3
title=New Euro MP with a full-bodied position
date=2004-06-24
publisher=tomwisemep.co.uk
accessdate=2008-10-09
]

MEP Expenses

In 2005 he was in the news for claiming £36,000 to pay the salary of his researcher who was actually paid just £6000. He later agreed to repay some of this money. He was suspended from UKIP in February 2007 when further details of the allegations came to light. [cite web
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1454811.ece?token=null&offset=0
title=MEP 'bought car with taxpayers' funds'
accessdate=2008-06-21
publisher=The Times
] On June 20th 2008 he was arrested on suspicion of obtaining money by deception. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7467318.stm
title=MEP arrested on fraud allegation
accessdate=2008-06-21
publisher=BBC News Online
]

In October 2008 a News of the World investigator, posing as a student on work experience, quoted him admitting to "milking the system" and doing very little work. [cite web
url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article4815.ece
title=I can make shedloads as an MEP...it's cushy
accessdate=2008-10-09
publisher=News of the world
]

External links

* [http://www.tomwisemep.co.uk/ Official web site]

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