article_snippet: The ex-Labour backbencher, who is standing down at the next election after £ was convicted of headbutting a Tory MP in a Commons bar, repeatedly used The ex-Labour backbencher, who is standing down at the next election after he was convicted of headbutting a Tory MP in a Commons bar Parliamentary card to settle big bills.
article_snippet: The ex-Labour backbencher, who is standing down at the next election after he was convicted of headbutting a Tory MP in a Commons bar even claimed that one £896.92 bill for two nights was for a 'whole bunch of people' to stay at the four-star Park Plaza near Westminster.
article_snippet: In December of that year - 10 months after Mr Joyce headbutted a Tory MP during a brawl in a Commons bar - Mr Joyce charged £896.92 to the card for a two-night stay at a London hotel.
article_snippet: The £896.92 bill was for a 'whole bunch of people' to stay at the Park Plaza near Westminster, Mr Joyce said. '
article_snippet: Mr Joyce even claimed that one £896.92 bill for two nights was for a 'whole bunch of people' to stay at the four-star Park Plaza near Westminster (pictured) 'The whole figure was only exposed in last December,' Mr Joyce said. '
article_snippet: In March 2013 the former Army major was banned from buying alcohol in Parliament following another bust-up.
article_snippet: He was fined £1,500 for abusive language towards a baggage handler at Edinburgh Airport earlier this year.
highlights_snippet: MP Eric Joyce claimed £896 bill for two nights was for a 'whole bunch of people'
  Ex-Labour backbencher was convicted of headbutting a Tory MP in 2012 .
  