A former Labour MP told a tribunal that he wanted to “clear” his name after being accused of sexually harassing a parliamentary worker.
Mike Hill said he was “not guilty” of the allegations against him and that his decision to step down as Hartlepool’s MP in March was not linked to the claims.
His accuser, a woman known only as Ms A, alleged Mr Hill conducted a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying against her over 16 months during his four-year stint in office.
She said Mr Hill’s advances began with text messages, including one about craving her body, but progressed to groping her and rubbing his erect penis against her body in his London flat.
KATE Hollern faces a call to consider resignation as an MP after she quit the Labour front bench following allegations made about her in an employment tribunal. The 66-year-old gave up her job as shadow local government minister after being accused of trying to intimidate a colleague seeking to assist a parliamentary worker who raised allegations of sexual harassment against a former Labour MP. The Blackburn MP left the role on opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer’s frontbench following the comments which were made in the tribunal hearing against Mike Hill. Now Cllr John Slater, the leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Conservative group, has called on her to quit the House of Commons if the claims are true.
A former Labour MP told a tribunal that he wanted to “clear” his name after being accused of sexually harassing a parliamentary worker.
Mike Hill said he was “not guilty” of the allegations against him and that his decision to step down as Hartlepool’s MP in March was not linked to the claims.
His accuser, a woman known only as Ms A, alleged Mr Hill conducted a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying against her over 16 months during his four-year stint in office.
She said Mr Hill’s advances began with text messages, including one about craving her body, but progressed to groping her and rubbing his erect penis against her body in his London flat.
A former Labour MP told a tribunal that he wanted to “clear” his name after being accused of sexually harassing a parliamentary worker.
Mike Hill said he was “not guilty” of the allegations against him and that his decision to step down as Hartlepool’s MP in March was not linked to the claims.
His accuser, a woman known only as Ms A, alleged Mr Hill conducted a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying against her over 16 months during his four-year stint in office.
She said Mr Hill’s advances began with text messages, including one about craving her body, but progressed to groping her and rubbing his erect penis against her body in his London flat.