PlayHazel Blears was backed by her party rank and file as a vote to deselect her was defeated.
The former minister faced deselection if she had lost the vote of no confidence at a crunch meeting of her Salford Constituency Labour Party.
Members of the party were allowed to air their views on the MP but only branch delegates had a vote on the no confidence motion - which was overwhelmingly defeated at the meeting at Salford Civic Centre in Swinton.
The former communities secretary was already damaged by the expenses scandal, and she further angered party workers by walking out of the Cabinet on the eve of the local elections.
Her decision was described as a "body blow" for the party and may have led to BNP success at the polls as Labour's traditional vote, reeling from the expenses scandal and her Cabinet walkout, failed to turn out at the polling stations.
A defeat would have been seen as a recommendation from the local party to its ruling National Executive Committee to begin the formal process of de-selection.
Ms Blears, the MP for Salford since 1997, has since apologised for her Cabinet walkout, saying she made an error of judgment over her timing.
And she described as "stupid" her decision to wear a brooch bearing the words "rocking the boat" while in the glare of the media the day after she quit.
Ms Blears voluntarily paid £13,000 to the taxman last month after it emerged that she had "dual declared" to avoid capital gains tax (CGT) on a taxpayer-funded home.
More revelations about Ms Blears' expenses included her reportedly making at least £80,000 on the sale of two taxpayer-subsidised properties without paying CGT.
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