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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/expenses-fiddle-mp-illsley-quits.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Eric Illsley has quit as an MP for Barnsley Central" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-expenses-fiddle-mp-illsley-quits.jpg" alt="Eric Illsley has quit as an MP for Barnsley Central"/></a></p>
<p>Disgraced Eric Illsley has quit as an MP, weeks after being convicted of fiddling his expenses.</p>
<p>Treasury sources confirmed that Illsley had been granted the ceremonial post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham &#8211; the traditional way of resigning from Parliament.</p>
<p>Labour is planning to trigger a by-election in his Barnsley Central seat on March 3.</p>
<p>Illsley is due to be sentenced on Thursday after admitting dishonestly claiming £14,000 of expenses on January 11.</p>
<p>He could theoretically have stayed on as a MP with a jail term of less than 12 months.</p>
<p>However, following heavy pressure Illsley expressed &#8220;deep regret&#8221; over his actions and said he would quit before the court decided his fate.</p>
<p>He is believed to have been receiving his £65,000-a-year parliamentary salary over the past month &#8211; meaning he will have pocketed roughly £5,400 since being convicted.</p>
<p>Labour said it expected to move the by-election writ on Thursday, and the poll will be held on March 3.</p>
<p>Despite the questions over his expenses, Illsley was re-elected to the seat in May with a majority of more than 11,000.</p>
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