Peter Bone: Tory MP facing suspension after bullying probe

Tory MP Peter Bone is facing suspension for six weeks after Parliament’s behaviour watchdog made the recommendation.

The recommendation follows complaints of bullying and sexual misconduct made to the body by a former member of his Westminster Office over alleged behaviour in 2012 and 2013. 

The House of Commons will now vote on the suspension. If the Commons votes to suspend Bone it would trigger a recall petition that could potentially lead to a by-election in Bone’s Wellingborough seat. 

The complaint was made to the watchdog in October 2021 with a separate complaint to the Tory party made in 2017 unresolved. 

Bone appealed against the ruling, but it was dismissed by a sub-panel. 

In a statement after the watchdog released its ruling, Bone said the allegations were “false and untrue”.

He added that the probe, by Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), was “flawed” and “procedurally unfair”.