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An undated image of Jared O'Mara, who was elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam in 2017 and was convicted of fraud on Feb. 8, 2023. House of Commons

A former Labour MP has been convicted of submitting a series of fraudulent expenses claims after a trial heard he had a serious cocaine addiction while in Parliament and owed thousands of pounds to a drug dealer.

Jared O’Mara, 41, defeated the then-Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, a Liberal Democrat, in the Sheffield Hallam constituency at the June 2017 general election.