Tory MP Alex Stafford claimed 9p on expenses after 330-yard car journey

CONSERVATIVE MP Alex Stafford claimed 9p on expenses after 330-yard car journey put in an expenses claim for just 9p after a 330-yard car journey.

Mr Stafford, 33, the MP for Rother Valley also put in another six mileage claims for journeys that set him back less than £1 after he was elected to the seat in December last year.

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Conservative Alex Stafford was elected to the seat of Rother Valley at the last election[/caption]

The Tory has previously backed green causes, saying “reliance on fossil fuels” was a “key challenge of the decade”.

Mr Stafford, also claimed £97 for a rail ticket for wife Natalie to travel from their former home in London to the South Yorkshire seat, according to The Mirror.

Local campaigner Michael Sylvester said: “I knew southerners were soft but can’t they walk a 1/5th of a mile?”

Former Labour councillor Emma Wallis wrote on Twitter: “Well I never! Didn’t take Alex Stafford, the shiny new Tory MP for Rother Valley, long to clamber aboard the gravy train, did it?”

Figures from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority show Mr Stafford has claimed for three journeys of less than one mile.

The MP claimed the 9p journey was “part of a longer journey but broken into three parts”.

He said: “It is important all the work I do is open and transparent. All my travel is automatically recorded.”

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Mr Stafford put in a mileage claim of just 9p[/caption]