Reform MP dubbed ‘criminal in our midst’ in violence against women debate

Reform UK MP James McMurdock was called a ‘criminal in our midst’ during a Commons debate after MPs were told of his criminal conviction (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Tory MP has urged the Government to ban people convicted of violence against women from running for Parliament, referring to a Reform UK member as the “convicted criminal already in our midst”.

During a debate in the Commons on violence against women and girls, Conservative Ben Obese-Jecty described the details of Reform’s James McMurdock’s assault on his then-girlfriend.