Sir Christopher Robert Chope OBE MP: was criticised in January 2013 for referring to House of Commons dining room staff as "servants" in a speech.
He claimed £136,992 in parliamentary expenses in 2007-8. This included claiming £881 to repair a sofa.
In June 2013, Chope was one of four MPs who camped outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on an 'Alternative Queen’s Speech' – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver. 42 policies were listed including reintroduction of the death penalty and conscription, the privatisation of the BBC, banning the burka in public places, holding a referendum on same sex marriage and preparing to leave the European Union
And yet, after all that, Chope was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for political and public service.
And yet, the good people of Christchurch voted for him, now he is a 'right honorable' member of Parliament and blocks laws against 'up-skirting' and FGM.