Keith Sansum1 wrote:...he could return to the political arena if he wanted time will tell on that
Even if Elphicke had secured a Life Peerage before engaging in criminal activity it wouldn't have protected his political career, as his sentence would have resulted in expulsion from the HoL. Labour peer Nazir Ahmed was expelled last November (though he jumped before he was pushed) for '
allegations [my italics] of a sexual nature'. (This, of course, was not connected to his trial for attempted rape and indecent assault, which collapsed earlier this year.)