Keighley MP Ann Cryer claimed almost £400 for two digital radios for her second home in London — and £18 for a toilet brush.

The expenditure came to light as Mrs Cryer volunteered to give access to her expenses claims ahead of them being made official this week During the 12 months’ regular claims were made for mortgage interest payments for an average of £860 a month, food claims ranging from £100 to £350, service charges for the flat and utility bills as part of the Additional Cost Allowance which permits MPs to run a second home in London.

In addition, Mrs Cryer claimed £1,252 on underlay and carpet, £199.95 on a digital radio, £66 for towels, £18 for a toilet brush and a further £174 for a radio for the bathroom and a replacement battery.

All the items included an explanatory note from Mrs Cryer as to why she was buying them.

She said: “When I bought the property the bedroom carpet was a white colour but had a huge stain on it.

“I have lived with it ever since but I recently decided to get it replaced.

“I also put a note in to the fees office which said if they did not think the amount was appropriate for the carpet and underlay, please could they change it and I would pay the difference personally but they did not change the amount. The underlay and lining was needed to ensure I did not disturb people below me in the flat when I was walking around. I bought the radios as I was having more and more difficulty receiving an analogue signal in the flats.”

Mrs Cryer also claimed £24.90 a month for a cleaner. MPs are no longer able to claim for cleaning but Mrs Cryer said she would continue paying her cleaner out of her own pocket, which gave her more time to concentrate on constituency work.

In total Mrs Cryer put in claims totalling £19,620 — £5,000 less than the maximum amount.

“I put all my savings into the London home so I could reduce the mortgage from £285,000 to £150,000, therefore reducing the mortgage interest payment to the taxpayer.”

Earlier this week a leaked copy of Tory leader David Cameron’s expenses showed the multi-millionaire had claimed for 40p chocolate bars.

He previously had slammed MPs claims that were “unethical and wrong” and said some of his colleagues had “let the public down.”

MPs expenses will be available to view at parliament.uk today.