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Eric Illsley is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central from 2005 to 2011. He was born on 9 April 1955 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Barnsley Grammar School and the University of Leeds, where he studied economics. He worked as a civil servant in the Department of Employment from 1977 to 1979, and then as a research officer for the National Union of Mineworkers from 1979 to 1984. In 1984, he was elected to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, where he served until 2005. He was also a member of the South Yorkshire County Council from 1989 to 1993. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Commons as the Labour MP for Barnsley Central. He held the seat until 2011, when he resigned after pleading guilty to false accounting. As of 2021, Eric Illsley's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Popular As Eric Evlyn Illsley
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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 9 April 1955
Birthday 9 April
Birthplace Kendray, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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2011

On 13 October 2011, he appeared on BBC Newsnight on which he described his inflated expenses claims as "an allowance for living in London". He also revealed that he receives a Parliamentary pension, although he refused to disclose the amount.

2010

Shortly after re-election as a Labour MP in the 2010 general election, on 19 May 2010, Illsley was charged with three counts of false accounting. He was suspended from the Labour Party and had the Labour whip withdrawn in the House of Commons. On 11 January 2011, he pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to three charges. He was to be sentenced in February 2011 and if he received a prison sentence of more than 12 months, he would have been automatically disqualified as a member of parliament under the Representation of the People Act 1981, causing a by-election at Barnsley Central. Illsley stated his intention to resign as an MP before sentencing, and on 8 February he was formally appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, vacating his seat. A by-election followed on 3 March 2011. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on 10 February 2011, and was released on 13 May 2011 after serving three months. He wore an electronic tag for the remainder of his term.

2009

On 19 June 2009 he was one of dozens of MPs identified by the Daily Telegraph as having made "phantom" claims for council tax on his parliamentary expenses, receiving thousands of pounds more than he was entitled to. He was thought to have made the highest phantom claim—over £6,000. He has claimed over £10,000 for council tax in four years although he was charged £3,966 for his Band C property in Lambeth, south London, in this period. He regularly submitted claims for £200 a month, which meant that he did not have to submit receipts.

2008

Other Members of Parliament found guilty of fraud during the 2008 expenses scandal:

2003

On 11 March 2003, Illsley claimed in a speech to the House, regarding possible military action in Iraq: "The report states that any military action must be on the basis of UN resolutions. I fully agree: as a Committee member, I stand by that statement, and believe that there must be a second resolution before any military action is taken against Iraq". One week later he voted in favour of military action against Iraq, despite the failure of the US-led coalition to secure the second UN resolution. He voted in favour of the introduction of identity cards in the UK.

1986

When former Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason announced his retirement in October 1986, Illsley was nominated by the NUM in the selection of a Labour candidate for Barnsley Central. He was viewed as being on the left of the Labour Party while his main opponent was Ronnie Fisher, a Barnsley Borough councillor identified as a moderate. The general secretary of the Yorkshire NUM, Sam Thompson, wrote to NUM members encouraging them to attend the selection meeting in January 1987, Illsley was selected and then easily elected to the House of Commons in the general election in June 1987. He was on the frontbench while Labour were in opposition, but was a backbencher after they won power in 1997. He voted against the privatisation of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS).

1977

Illsley was born in Kendray, West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Hunningley Lane Junior School, Barnsley's Holgate Grammar School for Boys and the University of Leeds, where he obtained an honours degree in Law in 1977. He was an official for the NUM for ten years, including during the miners' strike of 1984–1985. In the NUM, he was a compensation officer from 1978 to 1981, assistant head of general department from 1981 to 1984, and head of general department and chief administration officer from 1984 to 1987.

1955

Eric Evlyn Illsley (born 9 April 1955) is a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central from 1987 until 2011. He was a Labour Party representative until suspended from the party after being charged with false accounting as part of the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, and then sat as an Independent. When he pleaded guilty to three counts of false accounting on 11 January 2011, he became the first sitting Member of Parliament to be convicted of a criminal offence in the scandal. Illsley resigned from the House of Commons on 8 February 2011, following his conviction, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on 10 February 2011.