Shirley Porter, the former leader of Westminster city council, was found to have misused her powers in the infamous "homes for votes" scandal, which involved illegally selling council houses to secure Conservative votes, leading to her eventual legal and financial downfall despite her significant wealth, culminating in a Β£12.3 million repayment to the council in 2004. #PoliticalCorruption #HomesForVotes #ShirleyPorter
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Dame Shirley Porter obituary
Former leader of Westminster city council found to have misused her powers in the 'homes for votes' scandal
There was a time in the late 1980s when Shirley Porter was the second most famous and powerful female politician in Britain: "the Iron Lady of the town halls".