- Nicholas Ridley compares the EU to the Third Reich in an interview in The Spectator magazine (1990)
- Arms-to-Iraq and the closely connected Iraqi Supergun affair (1990)
- David Mellor resignation after press disclosure of his affair with Antonia de Sancha and gratis holiday from a daughter of a PLO official (1992)
- Squidgygate, the covert leaking of a bugged phone call between the Princess of Wales and James Hewitt, although the phrase originally referred to the exposure of the Princess's extramarital affair (1992)
- Michael Mates gift of watch to Asil Nadir (1993)
- Monklandsgate dominated the Monklands Eastby-election. It mainly consisted of allegations ofsectarian spending discrepancies betweenProtestant Airdrie and Catholic Coatbridge, fuelled by the fact that all 17 of the ruling Labour group were Roman Catholics. (1994)
- Back to Basics, a government policy slogan portrayed by opponents and the press as a morality campaign to compare it with a contemporaneous succession of sex scandals in John Major's government which led to the resignation of Tim Yeoand the Earl of Caithness, among others (1994)
- Cash-for-questions affair involving Neil Hamilton,Tim Smith and Mohamed Al-Fayed (1994)
- Jonathan Aitken and the hotel bill allegations, and subsequent conviction for perjury after his failed libel action against The Guardian, resulting in Aitkenbeing only the third person to have to resign from the Privy Council in the 20th century. (1995)
- Bernie Ecclestone was involved in a political scandal when it transpired he had given the Labour Party a million pound donation - which raised eyebrows when the incoming Labour government changed its policy to allow Formula One to continue being sponsored by tobacco manufacturers. The Labour Party returned the donation when the scandal came to light. (1997)
- Double resignation rocks government. Peter Mandelson, Trade and Industry Secretary, resigns after failing to disclose £373,000 loan fromPaymaster General Geoffrey Robinson. (1998)
- Ron Davies resigns from the cabinet after being robbed by a man he met at Clapham Common and then lying about it (1998)
- Jerry Hayes was "outed" as a homosexual by theNews of the World. with the headline "TORY MP 2-TIMED WIFE WITH UNDER-AGE GAY LOVER". Hayes had met Young Conservative Paul Stone at the 1991 Conservative conference and that same evening, "committed a lewd act which was in breach of the law at the time". Stone had been 18 at the time, whilst the legal age for homosexual sex in 1991 was 21. He had previously supported Section 28 and other anti-gay legislation. (1997)
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