Ned Simons is politics news editor for HuffPost UK based in London. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or on Twitter @nedsimons.
faces a six week suspension from parliament, after being found guilty of “many varied acts of bullying” and “sexual misconduct”.
An official Westminster watchdog said on Monday that Bone, 70, had committed the offences against a member of his staff in 2012 and 2013.“The bullying involved violence, shouting and swearing, mocking, belittling and humiliating behaviour, and ostracism,” the Independent Expert Panel said. “This wilful pattern of bullying also included an unwanted incident of sexual misconduct, when the complainant was trapped in a room with the respondent in a hotel in Madrid.Bone has denied the allegations and appealed the IEP’s initial decision, but it was dismissed.
In a statement today he said: “None of the misconduct allegations against me ever took place. They are false and untrue claims. They are without foundation.”When an MP is suspended for 30-days or more it triggers a recall petition in their seat.The Conservatives won Wellingborough with a 18,540 majority in 2019, but Labour and the Lib Dems have both overturned larger majorities at by-elections since then.
Bone, a prominent Brexiteer, has been the MP for Wellingborough since 2005 and briefly served in government as deputy leader of the Commons under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tory MP Peter Bone, 70, faces suspension for bullying and sexual misconductHe is the MP for Wellingborough.
Read more »
Tory Peter Bone facing suspension over finding of bullying and sexual misconductThe finding by Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel said he ‘committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct’.
Read more »
Tory Peter Bone facing suspension over finding of bullying and sexual misconductThe finding by Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel said he ‘committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct’.
Read more »
Conservative MP Peter Bone faces six-week suspension over bullying and sexual misconduct allegationsParliament’s Independent Expert Panel has recommended the suspension of Peter Bone, the MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.
Read more »
Peter Bone MP faces suspension from Commons for bullying and sexual misconductParliament's Independent Expert Panel recommended a suspension from the Commons for six weeks.
Read more »
Tory MP faces six-week suspension amid sexual misconduct accusationsA CONSERVATIVE MP could face being ousted by his constituents after a Westminster committee recommended a six-week suspension from…
Read more »