LONDON (AFP) - Two more British lawmakers announced Thursday they would resign in an expenses scandal which has thrown parliament into crisis, fuelling calls for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call early elections. Margaret Moran of the ruling Labour Party and Julie Kirkbride of the main opposition Conservatives said they will step down at the next general election after days of pressure from angry constituents and the media. Both were among the most notorious cases in the expenses row, which has seen 11 lawmakers quit since it erupted, including House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin. Moran claimed 35,000 dollars from the public purse to treat dry rot in one of her homes which was about 100 miles from both the House of Commons in London and her constituency. Kirkbride followed her husband, fellow Conservative MP Andrew MacKay, in quitting after the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported they both claimed allowances for a house they shared, effectively double-charging the taxpayer. She also faced a string of other damaging claims, including that she used public money to fund an extension to her constituency flat so her brother could stay and help with her childcare. In her resignation letter to Conservative leader David Cameron, Kirkbride said she had been subjected to a barrage of distorted press stories. Moran continued to deny any wrongdoing, saying she was going because the stories had had a bruising effect upon my friends, my family and my health. The Daily Telegraph has published three weeks of revelations based on leaked documents about how lawmakers claimed public money for everything from moat cleaning to a duck island. As the main parties battle to regain public trust after the scandal, a handful of MPs have been ordered by their party leaders to pay back money from expense claims deemed too lavish, while others will have to appear before scrutiny panels which will determine if they have done anything wrong.