Eric Stuart Joyce (born 13 October 1960) is a Scottish politician, former military officer and convicted child sex offender.

Joyce was arrested five times during his last five years as an MP, most notably in February 2012 on suspicion of assault after an incident in the Houses of Parliament.

[5] Joyce became involved in controversy after describing the Army "as being run by a coterie of white, male, privately-educated generals and said it was rife with racism and sexism.

At a hearing in January 1999 which invoked the Pay Warrant rules, Joyce was requested to resign from the army by 13 March or be discharged.

Joyce persuaded the Treasury to change the child benefit regulations to remove a discrepancy that disadvantaged young Scottish FE students relative to their peers in the rest of the UK.

[16] In September 2008, Joyce was criticised by local government councillors for describing the name of the new Clackmannanshire Bridge as "unimaginative" and "parochial".

[21] Joyce was the top-claiming Member of the House of Commons for the 2005–06 Parliamentary session, claiming £174,811 in expenses, of which 62% was for staff and office costs.

He was reported to have attacked as many as six politicians,[29] including a Labour whip,[30] after having gone "berserk" following a dispute with a group of Tory MPs sitting nearby.

[34] Two more Conservative MPs, Alec Shelbrooke and Jackie Doyle-Price, were also caught up in the fracas while attempting to intervene and calm Joyce down.

[37] He pleaded guilty to four charges in relation to the incident,[38] was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,400 in compensation to his victims, but not given a custodial sentence.

[38] In a statement before the House of Commons on 12 March 2012, he apologised to his victims, stated that he had resigned from the Labour Party, and that he intended to complete his current term as an MP but not seek re-election.

[45] On 27 May 2015, he was sentenced to a 10-week jail term suspended for two years, and ordered to pay a £1,080 fine and to attend a rehabilitation course which aims to reduce violent behaviour.

[46] On 19 May 2013, Joyce was arrested at Edinburgh Airport after police were called to an altercation between him and airline staff regarding a mislaid mobile phone.

He had a 51-second Category-A film on his Apple Macbook Air[49] that showed "the sexual abuse of very young children" between the ages of 12 months and 7 years.

[51] On 7 July 2020, Joyce pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to making an indecent image of a child and was ordered to sign the sex offenders' register.