Parliament’s standards watchdog has reprimanded former Conservative MP Aaron Bell for “brazen and drunken” sexual misconduct.
A panel concluded the former MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, who stood down at the election in July, “abused his position of power” by touching a woman “on her left thigh, waist and bottom inappropriately and without her consent” while in one of Parliament’s bars in December 2023.
Had Mr Bell still been an MP, the panel said it would have considered suspending him from Parliament “for a significant period”.
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