Former Tory MP found guilty of election fraud

  A former Tory MP who defected to UKIP is facing the end of his political career after he was convicted of election fraud. Dr Bob Spink, 69, employed a ‘casual and misleading approach’ while canvassing on doorsteps ahead of the polls last May. The self-described ‘maverick’ was elected as the Conservative MP for Castle Point, near Basildon in Essex, between 1992 and 1997, winning the seat a second time in the 2001 election. He became UKIP’s first MP in…