It was standing room only as more than 300 people flocked to a meeting to discuss plans which could see hundreds of wind turbines, pylons and a substation built in Mid Wales.

David Cameron was today assessing the damage to his premiership after 79 Tory MPs – including Shropshire’s Mark Pritchard – defied him.

Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies has backed a call by the Welsh Conservatives assembly leader for the Commons to hold a free vote on overturning the hunting ban.

MPs across Shropshire cost the taxpayer £533,205 in the last year.

A decision on plans which could see hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales will not be made until at least 2015, it has been claimed.

A delegation from Shropshire was today meeting National Grid bosses over plans which could see pylons built across parts of the county and Mid Wales.

MPs’ expenses for the first two months of this year, including the amount they racked up on their taxpayer-funded credit cards, were being laid bare for the first time today.

More than 1,000 people concerned at proposals to build a massive power station and site pylons across Mid Wales and Shropshire are expected to attend a public meeting today to voice their opinions.

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £18,554.29 in expenses during November and December 2010, while more than £3 million was paid out nationally figures revealed today.