David Michael Chaytor was born on 3 August 1949 and is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the member of parliament for Bury North from 1997 to 2010.
18 Facts About David Chaytor
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David Chaytor was the first member of Parliament to be sentenced following the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009.
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David Chaytor later attended the University of London where he was awarded a BA degree in 1970, Huddersfield Polytechnic, the University of Bradford, and he then qualified as a teacher in 1976 at the University of Leeds.
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David Chaytor then returned to the University of London to finish his Masters degree in philosophy in 1979 and did further postgraduate work at the University of Bradford.
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David Chaytor started work as a college lecturer in 1973, before being appointed as the senior staff tutor at the Manchester College of Arts and Technology in 1983.
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David Chaytor was elected as a councillor on the Calderdale Borough Council in 1982 and served until 1997.
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David Chaytor contested the parliamentary constituency of Calder Valley at the 1987 General Election, but was defeated by 6,045 votes by the sitting Conservative MP Donald Thompson.
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David Chaytor again contested Calder Valley at the 1992 General Election, at which he reduced Thompson's majority to 4,878.
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David Chaytor had to cede the candidacy for Calder Valley because of an all women shortlist which selected Christine McCafferty.
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However, David Chaytor contested the marginal seat of Bury North at the 1997 General Election which he won, defeating the then Social Security minister Alistair Burt by 7,866 votes.
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David Chaytor made his maiden speech on 17 June 1997, where he talked of the humble Bury black pudding and Bury's most famous son, Robert Peel.
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David Chaytor voted against the government on the privatisation of the National Air Traffic Services, and announced his intention to vote against the last clause of the Gambling Bill.
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David Chaytor chaired the All Party Group for Intelligent Energy, and co-chaired the All Party Group for Further Education and Lifelong Learning.
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David Chaytor was the Secretary of Globe UK, the British branch of the international network of environmentalist parliamentarians.
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The general election took place in June 2010, and David Chaytor did not stand for election.
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On 7 January 2011, David Chaytor was sentenced by Mr Justice Saunders sitting in the Crown Court at Southwark to 18 months' imprisonment.
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On 23 February 2011 it was announced that following legal advice, David Chaytor was seeking leave to appeal against the length of his sentence.
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On 26 May 2011, David Chaytor was released from prison under the normal Home Detention Curfew licensing conditions.