1. Nick Clegg
Since 2005, the leader of the Liberal Democrats has claimed a £2,600 kitchen, and had £5,857.63 worth of decorating done to the house he bought in his constituency. He also charged monthly interest payments to the tune of £1,018 on the £279,000 mortgage. Clegg has argued for the reform of the expenses system, and has duly claimed the maximum allowance for his second home in the constituency of Sheffield Hallam.
Job: Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Salary: £64,766
2. David Maclean
The the former Conservative chief whip and current MP for Penrith and the Border led moves to protect parliament from freedom of information laws. Maclean did not pay capital gains tax on the sale of his £750,000 second, "main" home in the Lake District despite spending public money doing it up. He even submitted receipts for a £2,300 quad bike to zoom around his rural constituency. Since then he has claimed £3,728 on refurbishing a Westminster flat and £1,298 for a 32in flat-screen television.
Job: MP for Penrith and the Border, Conservative
Salary: £64,766
3. David Chaytor
One of the first casualties of the political tempest rocking Parliament, Chaytor was suspended from Labour pending a watchdog investigation into a £13,000 claim on a mortgage loan that has already been paid. In defence, Chaytor says that he should have switched the mortgage to a flat he had been using as a second home.
Job: Labour MP for Bury North
Salary: £64,766
4. Lembit Opik
The parliamentary expenses office thought Opik was being a bit cheeky when he tried to put through a bill for a 42-inch £2,499 plasma screen TV. Sadly for Lembit, the telly was bought just after a general election was called, a period that when all politicians contest their seats and are technically not MPs. (He had to pay for the TV out of his own pocket.) Mr Opik has claimed a total of £68,031 for his London flat since 2004 - new kitchen, paint job and wooden floors for his bedroom.
Job: Liberal Democrats Housing Spokesman
Salary: £64,766
5. Steve Webb
In 2006, Webb sold his studio flat in Westminster for £195,000 and snapped up a one-bedroom property nearby for £280,000. His claims for mortgage interest repayments leapt from £678 to £1,158 per month, while the stamp duty he claimed back came to £8,400. Webb also claimed £665 for a mortgage arrangement fee and put in receipts of £575 and £325 for solicitors' fees. Shortly before selling the first flat, he had it cleaned at a cost of £277.47. This covered £1.27 on Harpic, £1.45 on 10 refuse sacks and 99p for two dusters.
Job: Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesman
Salary: £64,766
6. Richard Younger-Ross
Mirror, mirror on the wall... Younger-Ross charged parliament more than £1,200 for mirrors to furnish his second home London flat. He went on to claim £45 for lace curtains and £500 towards a bookcase called the "Don Juan". Since 2004, has claimed £82,994, but says he will repay more than £4000.
Job: MP for Teignmouth, Liberal Democrat
Salary: £64,766
7. Douglas Alexander
The International Development Secretary splashed more than £30,000 doing up his constituency home in Houston, Renfrewshire - only for it to be damaged by fire. So he sought permission to furnish a new home and bill parliament. But failed. The MP has ended up repaying nearly £2,000 for items including bedding (£550), CD player (£69), carpet £830, a relined chimney (£928) and garage doors (£420).
Job: Secretary of State for International Development, Labour
Salary: £141,866
8. Greg Barker
The shadow climate change minister made £320,000 from the sale of a flat with which he used expenses to help fund. Barker is already said to be a multi-millionaire, and purchased a Chelsea property for £480,000 in 2004, claiming £15,875 for stamp duty. He then claimed back a further £27,928 in mortgage interest payments in the next two years. He sold the flat for £800,000 in early 2007.
Job: Shadow Climate Change Minister, Conservative
Salary: £64,766
9. Stephen Byers
Former cabinet minister Stephen Byers claimed over £125,000 in second home expenses for a London flat owned outright by his partner. In the past five years Mr Byers, claimed £27,000 for redecoration, maintenance and appliances at the flat in Camden. From 2005 and 2006 he claimed £980 for repairing a collapsed wall, £390 for fixing a boiler, £175 for a broken window and £240.50 on the replacement of bathroom tiles.
Job: MP for Tyneside North, Labour
Salary: £64,766
10. David Cameron In all, Cameron has claimed £82,450 towards the cost of his second home over the past four years, including periods when he claimed more than £1,700 a month in mortgage interest. Last year he was only the 406th highest-claiming MP.
Job: Leader of the Opposition, Conservative
Salary: £141,820