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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/race-to-succeed-shamed-mp-under-way.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Eric Illsley quit as an MP aftr being convicted of expenses fraud" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-race-to-succeed-shamed-mp-under-way.jpg" alt="Eric Illsley quit as an MP aftr being convicted of expenses fraud"/></a></p>
<p>Labour has fired the starting gun for the race to succeed disgraced MP Eric Illsley, who has been convicted of fiddling his expenses.</p>
<p>The party triggered the by-election in his Barnsley Central seat, expected to be on March 3, after it was confirmed that he had resigned as an MP.</p>
<p>The Treasury confirmed that he 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 chief whip Rosie Winterton officially moved the writ in the Commons to trigger the contest.</p>
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