Claire Ward has claimed thousands of pounds in expenses to pay for cleaning bills and has charged the taxpayer £600 for a new mobile phone, it has been revealed.
The MP's “redacted” expenses have today been published on a parliamentary website along with hundreds of others.
The receipts reveal the MP for Watford has paid more than £100 a month to a cleaning firm to attend to her Westminster flat between 2004 and 2008.
They also reveal the Labour MP, who last week started her new job inside the Ministry of Justice, claimed heavily to furnish her Westminster home.
The receipts show Ms Ward spent more than £1,500 to re-carpet the lounge, hallway and two bedrooms of her London home, in July 2005.
In August 2005, she then spent £300 on vinyl tiles for her kitchen floor and then spend £2,500 on “paint and materials” in October 2005.
Between April 1, 2006, and June 2, 2006, Ms Ward spent £112 on a mattress, £104 on a vacuum cleaner and £42 on electrical fittings, all claimed from the taxpayer.
In August 2007, Ms Ward also purchased a £400 washing machine on her expenses.
Between July 2, 2006 and August 2, 2006 Ms Ward also claimed for storage cupboards worth £3,000 and a new sofa and chair, costing £1,500.
Ms Ward claimed almost £600 for a new mobile phone in 2006 and paid a web design company more than £500 to "develop and modify" her website.
Ms Ward's expenses also reveal claims “service charges” of more than £3,000 a year for her London home.
He accounts also show Ms Ward has paid more than £1,500 to a firm of chartered accountants to help her with her annual tax bill.
On April 30, 2006, Ms Ward claimed for £940 after seeking the services of H. W. Fisher and Co to help her with her end of year tax return.
A year later, on March 14, 2007, a bill from the same firm, this time for just over £600, was claimed by Ms Ward.
Ms Ward's expenses have also revealed she claims for a subscription to the Watford Observer.
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