Video: Christine Hamilton: Nadine Dorries is taking a massive gamble going into jungle Tory MP Nadine Dorries is courting controversy after swapping the political jungle for the Australian bush for up to a month to appear in I'm A Celebrity ... The 55-year-old, who represents Mid Bedfordshire, and earns more than £65,000 as an MP, has flown out to Brisbane to prepare for the show. She will face eating bugs and offal as the first serving MP to take part in the programme. Her stint in the jungle could see her missing an EU budget vote and potentially be away for Chancellor George Osborne's mini-budget, which has attracted criticism from colleagues, several of whom are calling from her ITV fee to go to charity. She justified her decision to take part, telling The Sun: "I'm doing the show because 16 million people watch it. Christine Hamilton, wife of former MP Neil Hamilton and a veteran bushtucker has defended the MP but called on her to forgo either her salary or her appearance fee, or risk facing further backlash. The ITV1 series returns to screens on Sunday. Other figures expected to take part in this year's show include actress Linda Robson and ex-Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan, who played Rosie Webster. Darts player Eric Bristow is also said to be taking part.