A CLAIM that a Hampshire MP overspent his election allowance have been dismissed by the Electoral Commission.

A complaint had been made against Energy and Climate Change Secretary and Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne but the authority has cleared him after an investigation.

He had been accused of under-reporting the expenses paid out in his general election campaign last year.

The commission said: “The Electoral Commission takes all allegations seriously, and I have considered the allegation carefully in line with our assessment procedure. We will not be taking any further action in relation to the allegation.

“The reason for my decision is that the allegation did not provide any specific evidence that Mr Huhne’s campaign expenditure was under-reported.”

The letter is sent to Anne Winstanley by the Electoral Commission investigator, George Coleby.

Mr Huhne said: “I am grateful to the Electoral Commission for dealing with this matter quickly and thoroughly.

“I am confident that the returns were completed properly in accordance with the law, and I am pleased that the commission has decided against this new complaint”.

The complaints were made by ex-Lib Dem mayor Glynn Davies-Dear, now an independent councillor on Eastleigh Borough Council, and former Lib Dem councillor Andy Moore. Both men quit the party in January in protest at the coalition’s policies.