A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, Peter Bone, was suspended from parliament on Wednesday for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct towards a workers member.

London: A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was suspended from parliament on Wednesday for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct towards a workers member.

The sanctioning of Peter Bone is prone to set off one other by-election, which might spell extra doom for the Tories who’re lagging behind Labour in opinion polls forward of a common election anticipated subsequent 12 months.

Bone was discovered to have “committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct” towards the workers member in 2012 and 2013.

He allegedly indecently uncovered himself to the complainant within the lavatory of a resort room throughout a piece journey to Madrid.

Bone denies the allegations however was kicked out of the Tory get together final week and now sits as an impartial MP in his constituency of Wellingborough in Central England.

He retained the seat on the final common election in 2019 with a majority of 18,540.

The opposition Labour Party at the moment maintain double-digit leads over the Conservatives in surveys forward of a common election that have to be held by January 2025 on the newest.

Labour snatched two beforehand secure seats from the Conservatives in by-elections final week, fueling hopes of a return to energy after practically 14 years in opposition.

In Mid Bedfordshire, a Conservative-held seat for nearly a century, Labour overturned a majority of practically 25,000 — the largest by-election swing since 1945.

The Tories additionally misplaced the seat of Tamworth, the vote of which was triggered when sitting MP Chris Pincher was compelled to stop after being discovered to have groped two males in an “egregious case of sexual misconduct”.