Eric Illsley

Eric Illsley
Member of Parliament
for Barnsley Central
In office
11 June 1987 – 8 February 2011
Preceded byRoy Mason
Succeeded byDan Jarvis
Personal details
Born
Eric Evlyn Illsley

(1955-04-09) 9 April 1955 (age 69)
Kendray, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partyLabour (1987–2010)
Independent (2010–2011)
SpouseDawn Illsley[1]
Alma materUniversity of Leeds

Eric Evlyn Illsley (born 9 April 1955) is a former British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central from 1987 until 2011.[2] 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,[3] and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment on 10 February 2011.[4]

  1. ^ "House of Commons – The Register of Members' Financial Interests – Part 2: Part 2". publications.parliament.uk.
  2. ^ "Politician Quits After Expenses Scandal". Sky News. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ Curtis, Polly (12 January 2011). "Eric Illsley to quit as MP following expenses conviction". The Guardian. London.
  4. ^ "MPs' expenses: Eric Illsley sentenced to year in jail". BBC News Online. BBC. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.