| MINCEPIE | Christmas pastry for MP with niece I fancy (5,3) |
| BADBREATH | Affliction that caused Roy Kent to tell his niece, "I think you might be dying" |
| HARDSEAT | It means an uncomfortable sitting for an MP with difficult constituency (4,4) |
| CHILTERN | - Hundreds provide resignation route for MP |
| INTERNEE | Captive put in ground with niece oddly (8) |
| SAFESEAT | Many happy returns for MP here? |
| LENIENCE | Man with niece in trouble shows compassion (8) |
| CLAMBAKE | Meat in pastry for party of Americans (8) |
| PREPERIG | (A)Feeble gripe about pastry for starters (8) |
| MUDPUPPY | N American native mixed up DUP MP with celebrity finally |
| EMPHATIC | City welcomes MP with hat, one being firm |
| SECURITY | Elaborate ruse city dictates for military police etc (8,6) |
| MILITARYPOLICE | Prime locality I arranged for MP (8,6) |
| TRIUMPH | Victory for MP, Ruth, I converted (7) |
| MAGPIE | Mother with good pastry for flier |
| TUILE | Pastry for tea, you say made with cunning, missing topping (5) |
| DESELECT | Not re-nominate (for MP) |
| CONTEMPT | Scorn for MP, etc, not to be adjusted (8) |
| DECREENISI | Side with niece, furious about resistance to part of divorce proceedings (6,4) |
| ILLICIT | Undeclared Liberal standing in for MP, breaking the law |
