Re 'The Good Lady' from up north, it would seem from her local paper the property in her constiuency is registered as her second home and costs taxpayers about ?200 a month in cleaning bills.

It has been reported Jim Dowd voted against motions that would have reduced the second home allowance and the scrapping of the 'John Lewis' list.

Last July it is said Jim Dowd voted for a motion that has raised the inner London MPs supplement from ?2,818 to ?7,500 on top of their salary of ?61,181.