Labour suspends MP after claims of sexual harassment
The Independent|June 02, 2023
A long-serving Labour MP has been suspended over allegations that he sexually harassed junior colleagues.
ARCHIE MITCHELL
Labour suspends MP after claims of sexual harassment

The party has launched an investigation over claims first reported by Politico that Geraint Davies subjected five young female colleagues to unwanted sexual attention. The Swansea West MP has been administratively suspended from the party and had the whip removed pending the investigation.

Reporters spoke to more than 20 MPs and Labour staff who alleged a pattern of “excessive drinking, sexual comments and touching” by Davies dating back at least five years. One former staffer alleged that Mr Davies approached her when she was 22 and “extremely drunk”, and that he bought her a drink before suggesting they could go back to his flat. He then sent the woman a string of “sexually suggestive messages”, it is claimed.

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