Eric Stuart Joyce (born 13 October 1960) is a British politician, former military officer and convicted child
sex offender
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. A former member of the
Labour Party, he was
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a ...
, formerly
Falkirk West, from
2000
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to
2015
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.
Joining the army in his teens, Joyce served as a
private
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* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
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in the
Black Watch
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before attending the
University of Stirling
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and subsequently receiving a commission in the
Royal Army Educational Corps
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. He resigned from the army under threat of discharge in 1999 at the rank of
major
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after being found to have broken ''
Queen's Regulations
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''. He then worked as the Public Affairs Officer at the
Commission for Racial Equality
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(Scotland).
Joyce was first elected to the
British House of Commons
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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...
in the
2000 Falkirk West by-election
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The vacancy was caused by ...
. From 2003, Joyce served as a
Parliamentary Private Secretary
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(PPS) to several UK government ministers. He resigned as the PPS to
Bob Ainsworth
Robert William Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the ge ...
on 3 September 2009, citing concerns over the
war in Afghanistan
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. He served as
Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland under
Ed Miliband
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from June to November 2010.
Joyce was arrested five times during his last five years as an MP, most notably in February 2012 on suspicion of assault after an incident in the
Houses of Parliament
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. This led to his immediate suspension from the Labour Party, before pleading guilty to all charges and resigning from the party the following month. He continued representing his constituency as an
independent
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until retiring at the
2015 general election. On 7 July 2020, Joyce pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to making an indecent image of a child. On 7 August 2020, he was given a suspended prison sentence.
Early life and education
Joyce lived in
Perth
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,
Scotland
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, with his family for most of his childhood and adolescence. He joined the Army in 1978, initially as a
private
Private or privates may refer to:
Music
* " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
* Private (band), a Denmark-based band
* "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...
in the
Black Watch
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ...
before taking a sabbatical between 1981 and 1987 to attend technical college and university where he gained a BA (Hons) in
Religious Studies from
Stirling University
The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...
. As a university candidate, he was made a probationary second lieutenant on 25 August 1987.
In 1987 he attended the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ...
before being commissioned into the
Royal Army Educational Corps
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(later
Adjutant General's Corps
The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services, named for the Adjutant-General to the Forces (now the Commander Home Command). As of 2002, the AGC had a staff of 7,000 peopl ...
) as a
subaltern
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* Subaltern (military), a primarily British and Commonwealth military term for a junior officer
* Subalternation, going from a univer ...
with seniority to 7 October 1981. After receiving his commission he continued his studies in-service and acquired an MA in Education from the
University of Bath
(Virgil, Georgics II)
, mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind
, established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...
and an MBA from
Keele University
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. During his time in the Army he served in Great Britain,
Northern Ireland
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, Germany and Central America. He was promoted to
captain
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on 25 January 1990 and to major in 1992.
Joyce publicly described the armed forces as "racist, sexist and discriminatory", A
Fabian pamphlet by Joyce titled ''Arms and the Man: renewing the armed services'' had been published without the proper authorisation, breaching ''
Queen's Regulations
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'', which govern the conduct of officers in the British armed forces.
[, ] He continued to speak out about how he perceived the army to the disapproval of his superiors. At a hearing in January 1999 which invoked the
Pay Warrant
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* ...
rules, Joyce was requested to resign from the army by 13 March or be discharged.
He resigned his commission on 12 March 1999 and left the army,
Joyce subsequently served on the staff of the
Commission for Racial Equality
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(Scotland) before his election to the House of Commons.
Political career
He was first elected to parliament at the
2000 Falkirk West by-election
The 2000 Falkirk West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 2000 for the Scottish Westminster constituencies, Scottish constituency of Falkirk West (UK Parliament constituency), Falkirk West.
The vacancy was caused by ...
, which was prompted by the resignation of
Dennis Canavan
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. On election he served as a member of the Scottish Affairs and the Procedures Select Committees at Westminster. Joyce retained his seat in the
2001 general election, and was elected to the enlarged Falkirk constituency in the
2005 general election.
From 2003 Joyce served as a
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister or shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the 'eyes and ears' of the minister in the H ...
(PPS) to a number of British Government ministers. He resigned as the Parliamentary Aide to
Bob Ainsworth
Robert William Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the ge ...
on 3 September 2009 citing concerns over the
war in Afghanistan
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*Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC)
*Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709)
*Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see als ...
. He had previously been PPS to
John Hutton during three of Hutton's cabinet posts: when he was the
Secretary of State for Defence
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;
and
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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. Prior to that, Joyce served as the parliamentary aide to ministers
Mike O'Brien MP, when O'Brien was the Minister for Energy at the
Department of Trade and Industry and
Margaret Hodge
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MP, Minister for Industry and the Regions at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Joyce persuaded the Treasury to change the
child benefit
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regulations to remove a discrepancy that disadvantaged young Scottish FE students relative to their peers in the rest of the UK. In April 2008, Joyce became the first European parliamentarian to be granted an opportunity to address the newly formed Parliament of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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, when he visited the DRC as the chair of the
all-party parliamentary group
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on the
Great Lakes Region of Africa with other members of the group. In September 2008, Joyce was criticised by local government councillors for describing the name of the new
Clackmannanshire Bridge
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T ...
as "unimaginative" and "parochial". The naming of the bridge was reported as a contentious matter.
Joyce edited ''Now's the Hour!: new thinking for Holyrood'' and has served as Chair of the National Executive of the
Fabian Society
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.
In September 2011, he contributed to the book ''What next for Labour? Ideas for a new Generation''; his piece was entitled "It's a Sin".
Parliamentary record
Joyce most often put questions in the
House of Commons
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to the
Scotland Office
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,
Department for International Development
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,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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,
Northern Ireland Office
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, and
Ministry of Defence
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.
While a
Parliamentary Private Secretary
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Joyce was expected to vote with the Government,
but even when not, he has not broken the Labour whip in Parliament.
[ – shows the only occasions when Joyce has differed from the majority of Labour MPs were on matters where no whip was applied: principally House of Lords reform and restrictions on smoking in public.] Joyce was not a member of any Parliamentary Select Committees at the end of his time in the Commons, but has been a member of several
public bill committee
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s.
Expenses claims
Joyce was the top-claiming Member of the House of Commons for the 2005–06 Parliamentary session, claiming £174,811 in expenses, of which 62% was for staff and office costs. After the 2005–06 Parliamentary session he made a public pledge to cut his expenses; during the 2006–07 session he moved down to 11th on the list of MPs' expenses and allowances, but again rose to the top for 2007–08 with £187,334. In October 2007, he claimed £180 for three oil paintings. When asked why he had used taxpayers' funds in such a way he replied "because they look nice."
Criminal record
Drink driving
On 18 November 2010, he was arrested for failing to provide a
breath test
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Types include:
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following a motoring incident in Falkirk. He pleaded guilty in court the following day and was fined £400 and banned from driving for a year. Joyce resigned from his position as Shadow
Northern Ireland Minister
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and apologised for his behaviour.
Assaults in the Houses of Parliament
Joyce was arrested at 22:50 on 22 February 2012 in the
Palace of Westminster
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by the
Metropolitan Police
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on suspicion of committing assault. He was reported to have attacked as many as six politicians, including a Labour whip, after having gone "berserk" following a dispute with a group of Tory MPs sitting nearby. He headbutted and punched the
Conservative
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MP,
Stuart Andrew
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, after striking Labour Assistant Whip
Phil Wilson, while Wilson was attempting to restrain him. He also headbutted Thurrock Conservative councillor Ben Maney, and punched Basildon Conservative Councillor, Luke Mackenzie, both of whom were attempting to break up the incident. Two more Conservative MPs,
Alec Shelbrooke
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and
Jackie Doyle-Price
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In September 2022, she was app ...
, were also caught up in the fracas while attempting to intervene and calm Joyce down. A door window was smashed as Joyce attempted to resist arrest before being removed by police and taken to
Belgravia
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Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' Tudor Period, during the ...
police station. The disturbance occurred at the
Strangers' Bar
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(reserved for MPs and their guests).
Suspended the following day from the Labour party after his arrest, on 23 February he was charged with three counts of common assault and released on police bail. A fourth charge was added on 9 March.
He was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,400 in compensation to his victims, but not given a custodial sentence.
In a statement before the House of Commons on 12 March 2012, he apologised personally to his victims, stated that he had resigned from the Labour Party, and that he intended to complete his current term as an MP but not seek re-election.
In August 2012, Joyce was back in Court after using scissors on 4 July 2012 to remove the
electronic tag
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In some jurisdictions, an electronic tag fitted above the ankle is used for people as part of their bail or probation conditions. It is also used i ...
that had been fitted to his leg as part of the community order; he was fined £600.
A year later, on 14 March 2013, Joyce was again arrested after a disturbance during a karaoke event in the sports and social bar of the House of Commons.
He was seen outside the bar wrestling on the floor with two police officers and reportedly had one of the officers in a headlock. He was not prosecuted.
Disturbance at Edinburgh Airport
On 19 May 2013, Joyce was arrested at
Edinburgh Airport
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after police were called to an altercation between him and airline staff regarding a mislaid mobile phone. He was reported to have struggled with police officers before being restrained on the ground and handcuffed. On 21 March 2014, he pleaded guilty to a charge of breach of the peace at
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
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and was fined £1,500 with £150 compensation.
Brawl in London shop
On 17 October 2014, Joyce was arrested after clashing with a teenager at a store in Camden, in London. He was charged with two counts of common assault and one count of criminal damage. He appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in London on 30 December 2014, where he pleaded not guilty and was given conditional bail to appear for trial. On 1 May 2015, he was found guilty on two counts of common assault in an appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. On 27 May 2015, he was sentenced to a 10-week jail term suspended for two years, and ordered to pay a £1,080 fine and to attend a rehabilitation course which aims to reduce violent behaviour.
Child sex offence
On 6 November 2018, Joyce was arrested and charged with having made an indecent image of a child. He had a 51-second
Category-A film on his Apple Air Macbook that showed "the sexual abuse of very young children" between the ages of 12 months and 7 years. The video was accessed by Joyce between August 2013 and November 2018. He was given unconditional bail. On 7 July 2020, Joyce pleaded guilty at
Ipswich
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Crown Court
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to making an indecent image of a child and was ordered to sign the
sex offenders' register. On 7 August 2020, he was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and also ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
Personal life
Joyce is a Scottish judo champion.
See also
*
2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection
In 2013, Eric Joyce, member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for Falkirk, resigned from the Labour Party and announced he would not seek reelection. The process of nominating a replacement candidate for the 2015 general election ...
References
External links
*
Falkirk surveySurvey carried out by Eric Joyce that covered 1/5 of the households in his constituency
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