He denied any such conduct, saying "I totally refute any allegations of untoward expenses claims on my part during my time working with the agency," and saying he had actually retired in early 2014 due to ill health.

[3][4] After leaving office, Burgess-Joyce entered local politics, being elected Conservative councillor for the Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward in 2015 and 2019.

[6] He once compared the rhetoric of MP David Lammy to causing as much damage to community cohesion as the Ku Klux Klan.

[10] In March 2023, he described the Liberal Democrat party during a Council meeting as "taking bribes", resulting in a formal complaint being made.

[12] In June 2024 it was revealed that Burgess-Joyce was to be the candidate for the Reform Party in the Wallasey constituency in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.