Ross Lydall: More on ex-MP's mystery expenses

More on David Marshall's allowances and expenses. The House of Commons library has just provided me with figures for the three financial years from the June 2001 election. Over these three years Mr Marshall, then Labour MP for Glasgow Shettleston (it would later be renamed Glasgow East) claimed £88,049, £117,325 and £107,170. Sounds like quite a wedge.
But to be fair to Mr Marshall, I compared his spending to that of another Glasgow MP, Ann McKechin, now a junior minister in Scotland Office. She claimed £85,014, £96,259 and £113,410 - all told, £17,861 less than Mr Marshall. Read into that what you will.