Tory MP Bob Stewart charged with racially aggravated public order offence

Bob Stewart became an MP in 2010 and serves on a number of parliamentary committees. Photograph: PjrNews/Alamy

The Conservative MP Bob Stewart has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after an incident outside a reception hosted by the Bahraini embassy.

Police launched an investigation into the south London MP after he was confronted by an activist whom he allegedly told: “Go back to Bahrain.”