MPs have spoken out about their own possible pay rise.

Speculation is mounting that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) will propose increasing an MP’s salary to £75,000 from 2015.

A backbench MP’s salary is £66,396 and rumours of a hike range between £7,500 to £10,000, according to different reports.

Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for the Colne Valley , is fiercely opposed to the rise, saying: “I do not believe that Members of Parliament should get a pay rise above other public sector workers.

“None of three party leaders, and any politician with any sense believes we should either.

“The problem we have is that we thought that the best way forward to deal with the expenses abuses of the last Parliament was to take the issue of MPs’ pay out of our hands and give it to an independent body.

“The announcement by IPSA on Friday is only the first stage, the amount they come up with will again be put out to consultation with a final decision coming at the end of the year.

“If IPSA decide to increase MPs’ salary by anything like the £10,000 figure the only way to stop it is by changing the law, so we get to vote on our pay again in order to reject it.”

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman tweeted: “Let’s be truly radical and get rid of all pay and leave this place to be the exclusive preserve of the wealthy and well connected.”

He told the Examiner his tweet was sarcastic, adding: “My feeling is that this has always been terribly mishandled.

“Gordon Brown was faced with thrashing around for something when confronted with behaviour that was not acceptable.

“The situation used to be that MPs voted for their own pay. That is wrong.

“We handed it over to a independent body to decide and we couldn’t interfere. Now what?”

Asked if he thought an MP’s current salary was suitable, he said: “Do I think we should be paid as much as a headteacher of a small infant school? Perhaps I do.

“But do I think I should be paid as much as a GP, I think not.

“They have to get the balance right.”

He questioned if MPs’ pay should be performance-based, adding: “How much are they in Parliament? How many speeches do they give? How many questions do they ask?

“Should a person who does not speak or question get the same as somebody who does a great deal?”

Calder Valley Conservative MP Craig Whittaker said a £7,500 pay rise was “obscene”.

“I and my colleagues at the company I worked at before I became an MP had a pay freeze for four years and they still do, so it just seems absurd to propose this.

“We are trying to bring down the cost of Parliament, we wanted to reduce the number of MPs which got voted down.

“It’s speculation so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said that he would not accept an award well in excess of the pay increases for other public sector workers.

Prime Minister David Cameron has already urged IPSA to “show restraint” warning it would be “unthinkable” to make Westminster more expensive to the taxpayer. Labour leader Ed Miliband has also signalled his opposition to such a large increase.