Explainer: Rob Roberts sexual harassment findings

Rob Roberts

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image captionRob Roberts took a “red wall” seat from Labour at the 2019 general election

Conservative MP Rob Roberts faces being suspended from Parliament for six weeks after an independent panel found he sexually harassed a member of his staff.

He won one of six seats the party took from Labour in Wales at the general election 17 months ago.

So who is he, what has he done and what happens next?

Who is Rob Roberts?

Rob Roberts is the Conservative MP for Delyn, one of the so-called “red wall” of Labour seats in north Wales the Tories won at the December 2019 general election.

He previously worked in financial services.

Why does he face being suspended from Parliament?

A new independent panel, set up to judge cases of sexual harassment and bullying against MPs, found Mr Roberts sexually harassed a member of his staff, breaching Parliament’s sexual misconduct policy.

What does the panel say the MP did?

The panel said he committed a “serious and persistent breach of the sexual misconduct…

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