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List of troughers who voted for lots of expenses

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Daily Mail:-

Named and shamed: The MPs who voted to keep their generous expenses

More than 30 senior Government figures were among the 146 Labour MPs who voted to keep their generous expenses:

Andy Burnham - Culture; Caroline Flint --Housing; Paul Murphy - Wales; Jacqui Smith - Home Secretary; Shaun Woodward - Northern Ireland.

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Cashing in: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham and Housing Minister Caroline Flint all voted not to change their expenses

OTHER MINISTERS AND WHIPS

Nick Brown - Deputy Chief Whip; Alan Campbell - Whip; Angela Eagle - Treasury Minister; Maria Eagle - Ministry of Justice; Beverley Hughes - Children, Schools and Families; Tessa Jowell - Olympics; Ivan Lewis - Health; Tommy McAvoy --Whip; Stephen McCabe - Whip.

Anne McGuire - Department for Work and Pensions; Tony McNulty - Home Office; Gillian Merron - International Development; Mike O'Brien - DWP; James Plaskitt - DWP; Bridget Prentice - Ministry of Justice; Gerry Sutcliffe - Sport; Gareth Thomas - International Development; Derek Twigg - Defence.

Kitty Ussher - Treasury; Claire Ward --Whip; Tom Watson - Cabinet Office; Dave Watts - Whip; Rosie Winterton -Transport; Phil Woolas - Environment; Iain Wright - Communities and Local Government.

The MPs who voted to keep their generous expense accounts were:

Labour

Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South),

Graham Allen (Nottingham North),

David Anderson (Blaydon),

Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen),

Ian Austin (Dudley North),

Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West),

Gordon Banks (Ochil & Perthshire South),

Kevin Barron (Rother Valley),

Margaret Beckett (Derby South),

Clive Betts (Sheffield Attercliffe),

Liz Blackman (Erewash),

Roberta Blackman-Woods (Durham, City of),

Bob Blizzard (Waveney),

David Borrow (Ribble South (South Ribble)),

Nick Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend),

Richard Burden (Birmingham Northfield),

Colin Burgon (Elmet), Andy Burnham (Leigh),

Stephen Byers (Tyneside North),

Alan Campbell (Tynemouth),

Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley),

Ben Chapman (Wirral South),

David Chaytor (Bury North),

Tom Clarke (Coatbridge,

Chryston & Bellshill),

David Clelland (Tyne Bridge),

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley),

Ann Coffey (Stockport),

Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead),

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow & Falkirk East),

Rosie Cooper (Lancashire West),

Ann Cryer (Keighley),

John Cummings (Easington),

Jim Cunningham (Coventry South),

Tony Cunningham (Workington),

Wayne David (Caerphilly),

Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West),

Janet Dean (Burton),

Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras),

Brian Donohoe (Ayrshire Central),

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West),

Angela Eagle (Wallasey),

Maria Eagle (Liverpool Garston),

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough),

Bill Etherington (Sunderland North),

Caroline Flint (Don Valley),

Paul Flynn (Newport West),

Michael Foster (Worcester),

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye),

Mike Gapes (Ilford South),

Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North),

Linda Gilroy (Plymouth Sutton),

Nia Griffith (Llanelli),

Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish),

Mike Hall (Weaver Vale),

David Hamilton (Midlothian),

Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney),

Stephen Hesford (Wirral West),

Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West),

Jimmy Hood (Lanark & Hamilton East),

George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East),

Beverley Hughes (Stretford & Urmston),

Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood),

Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East),

Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central),

Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow),

Brian Jenkins (Tamworth),

Diana Johnson (Hull North),

Kevan Jones (Durham North),

Martyn Jones (Clwyd South),

Tessa Jowell (Dulwich & West Norwood),

Eric Joyce (Falkirk),

Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston),

David Kidney (Stafford),

Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton),

Bob Laxton (Derby North),

Tom Levitt (High Peak),

Ivan Lewis (Bury South),

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central),

Ian Lucas (Wrexham),

Tommy McAvoy (Rutherglen & Hamilton West),

Stephen McCabe (Birmingham Hall Green),

Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley),

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East),

Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North),

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden),

James McGovern (Dundee West),

Anne McGuire (Stirling),

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes),

Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East),

Tony McNulty (Harrow East),

Denis MacShane (Rotherham),

Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham Perry Barr),

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West),

Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South),

Alan Meale (Mansfield),

Gillian Merron (Lincoln),

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston),

Madeleine Moon (Bridgend),

Jessica Morden (Newport East),

Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe),

George Mudie (Leeds East),

Denis Murphy (Wansbeck),

Paul Murphy (Torfaen),

Mike O'Brien (Warwickshire North),

Eddie O'Hara (Knowsley South),

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock),

James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington),

Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East),

Gordon Prentice (Pendle),

Gwyn Prosser (Dover),

Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East),

Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich),

John Robertson (Glasgow North West),

Terry Rooney (Bradford North),

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd),

Christine Russell (Chester, City of),

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth Devonport),

Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield),

Jimmy Sheridan (Paisley & Renfrewshire North),

Angela C Smith (Sheffield Hillsborough),

Angela E Smith (Basildon), Jacqui Smith (Redditch),

Anne Snelgrove (Swindon South),

John Spellar (Warley),

Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West),

Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East), Gisela Stuart (Birmingham Edgbaston),

Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South),

Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside),

Gareth Thomas (Harrow West),

Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury),

Don Touhig (Islwyn),

Derek Twigg (Halton),

Kitty Ussher (Burnley),

Keith Vaz (Leicester East),

Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge),

Claire Ward (Watford),

Tom Watson (West Bromwich East),

Dave Watts (St Helens North),

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield),

Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central),

Shaun Woodward (St Helens South),

Phil Woolas (Oldham East & Saddleworth),

David Wright (Telford),

Iain Wright (Hartlepool),

Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)

Conservative:

David Amess (Southend West),

James Arbuthnot (Hampshire North East),

Henry Bellingham (Norfolk North West),

Brian Binley (Northampton South),

Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West),

Christopher Chope (Christchurch),

John Greenway (Ryedale),

Gerald Howarth (Aldershot),

Bernard Jenkin (Essex North),

Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove),

Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest),

Anne McIntosh (Vale of York),

Andrew Mackay (Bracknell),

Andrew Rosindell (Romford),

Hugo Swire (Devon East),

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle),

Angela Watkinson (Upminster),

Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald),

David Wilshire (Spelthorne),

Lady Ann Winterton (Congleton),

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Independent:

Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent),

Robert Wareing (Liverpool West Derby)d

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Very public minded of them.

[CurlyWhirly]

My Labour MP also voted to keep the expenses

p.s. most of the MP's who voted against the reforms were Labour and this could be because they know that they won't have a job in 2 years time and are getting what they can in the meantime :D

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My Labour MP also voted to keep the expenses

p.s. most of the MP's who voted against the reforms were Labour and this could be because they know that they won't have a job in 2 years time and are getting what they can in the meantime :D

Hopefully true. :D

[Belatucadrus]

Fat Gordo was apparently in favour of the Tory Bill, he just forgot to tell his troughing crew or even to turn up for the vote. What dynamic leadership the man gives.

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It is amazing just how often Cyclops isn't where he should be when the excrement and the fan are "in conjunction".

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I have said it before. He has turned out to be an even bigger pillock than B'liar. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but unfortunately it is.