Pressure mounts on Conservative Party to name and sack MP accused of rape
TORIES are under huge pressure to name and sack the MP accused of rape and sexual assaults.
The politician’s identity has been exposed online but his constituents are barred from knowing it — making a mockery of privacy rules.
Tory Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris has asked the male MP to keep away from Parliament, as Westminster rules allow, while the historic allegations are probed.
It leaves his constituents with no voice in Parliament.
Labour MP Jess Phillips has called for a rule change so he can be suspended and identified.
She said: “A suspension is what would happen if you are a doctor or a teacher.
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“We need the same system of safeguarding.”
The MP is on bail. It is unclear if he will continue working on his patch.
The allegations he faces are said to span seven years.
If charged, he will be named and kicked out the Tory party.
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SEVENTH TORY IN DISGRACE
THE Tory MP at the heart of the latest rape scandal in the Commons is the seventh Conservative member to face sex assault or misconduct allegations since 2019’s election.
The others are . . .
IMRAN AHMAD KHAN
Tory MP found guilty last month of sex assault on boy aged 15.
Khan, 48, gave lad gin, dragged him upstairs, pushed him onto a bed and asked him to watch porn at a house in Staffs.
Quit as MP for Wakefield.
NEIL PARISH
“Tractor porn” MP, 65, quit Parliament last month after The Sun revealed he watched X-rated videos in the Commons.
Apologised for “moment of madness”, but he may yet stand again as an independent.
DAVID WARBURTON
Accused of sexually harassing women and snorting cocaine.
Suspended by party last month and not seen in Parliament since.
The 56-year-old checked into a psychiatric hospital for “shock and stress”.
ROB ROBERTS
Sex pest MP axed by Tories last year for harassing a parliamentary staffer.
Cabinet ministers begged the 42-year-old to quit, but he has refused. Now sits as the independent MP for Delyn, North Wales.
ANDREW GRIFFITHS
EX-minister raped and abused his wife Kate — who has now replaced him as Tory MP.
Griffiths, 51, was also accused of sexual harassment after bombarding two constituents with 2,000 explicit texts in three weeks.
CHARLIE ELPHICKE
EX-TORY MP, 51, jailed for two years in 2020 for sex assaults on two women.
A court heard he had chanted, “I’m a naughty Tory!” as he groped one’s breasts.
Wife Natalie took his seat as Tory MP for Dover.