Labour MP Christian Matheson has resigned after a report by a parliamentary watchdog found him guilty of “serious sexual misconduct”.
The Chester MP was facing a four-week suspension and had been asked to stand down by Labour. The Independent Expert Panel had released a report recommending the suspension, after the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone upheld two allegations of sexual misconduct against Mr Matheson by a former member of his staff, made under Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).
In a statement, Mr Matheson said: “I have today, with great sadness, tendered my resignation as Member of Parliament for the City of Chester. I am dismayed that I have been found guilty of several allegations that I know to be untrue.”
