MP Christian Matheson quits after sexual misconduct claim upheld against him

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A Labour MP has quit Westminster over sexual misconduct. An independent panel on MPs’ conduct recommended Christian Matheson be suspended from the Commons for four weeks for “serious sexual misconduct”.He responded: “I have today, with great sadness, tendered my resignation as Member of Parliament for the City of Chester.A candidate to be next Tory leader must secure the support of 100 Tory MPs by 2pm on Monday.

A maximum of three MPs would be able to meet this threshhold.- If only one candidate receives this level of backing, he or she will become Tory leader and the next PM.- If all three candidates make the cut, a vote of MPs will take place between 3.30pm and 5.30pm on Monday, with the person in third place dropping out.- If two candidates are left in the race, there will be an indicative vote of all Tory MPs between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Monday to show who is the most popular candidate among members of parliament.- If the second placed candidate stays in the race after the indicative vote, 180,000 party members will vote online on Friday October 28th, with the result announced on the same day.“This follows publication of a report which had found me guilty of sexual misconduct.“From the start I accepted I had committed a minor breach of the code and had hoped that an honest and open approach would stand me in a fair light.

This has proven not to be the case and I am dismayed that I have been found guilty of several allegations that I know to be untrue.“Indeed my insistence on what I know to be true – that I had no sexual motivation in this matter – was held against me as a refusal to accept my guilt, and caused an increased sanction which I felt was disproportionate.”A by-election will take place.A Labour spokesman