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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on Delyn MP Rob Roberts to resign after he was suspended from Parliament for sexual misconduct.
A former employee told BBC Wales he was repeatedly propositioned by the Tory MP and told to be less alluring .
The process for handling such complaints does not include the power to trigger a recall petition.
Sir Keir said Mr Roberts had abused his position and he believed voters wanted to see the back of him .
MPs on Thursday approved an independent panel s recommendation that Mr Roberts be suspended from Parliament for six weeks.
Tory MP for Delyn, Rob Roberts. (Parliament)
Tory MP Rob Roberts has been suspended from the House of Commons for six weeks after he was found to have sexually harassed an employee.
The 41-year-old MP for Delyn in North Wales was found by an independent panel to have made repeated unwanted advances to a male office staffer. He accepts wrongdoing but insists his actions were “romantic” rather than “sexual” – a distinction the panel rejected.
Committee members recommended Roberts be suspended for six weeks in their report – and on Thursday (26 May), parliament agreed.
Roberts has already been stripped of the Tory whip and is facing calls to resign his seat, with Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg saying Thursday that it would be “honourable” for him to step down.