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Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has been suspended from his party after a “serious complaint” was made against him. <\/p>\n

The representative for Brighton Kemptown had been planning to fight for his seat again in the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n

But Mr Russell-Moyle said there was not “enough time to defend myself as these processes within the party take too long”.<\/p>\n

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The nature of the complaint is not yet clear, but Sky News understands it was made last week, and an investigation is now pending.<\/p>\n

In a social media statement, Mr Russell-Moyle said he believed it to be a “vexatious and politically motivated complaint about my behaviour eight years ago”.<\/p>\n

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He claimed it was a “false allegation that I dispute totally and I believe it was designed to disrupt the election”.<\/p>\n

He added: “I will aim to cooperate with the investigations process to clear my name, but will now take this opportunity to contribute to public life in different ways under what I hope is a Labour government.”<\/p>\n

Mr Russell-Moyle has been an MP for his Brighton seat since 2017, serving as a shadow foreign minister under Jeremy Corbyn and as a shadow environment minister is Sir Keir Starmer’s first cabinet.<\/p>\n

Before parliament shut its doors for the election campaign, he also sat on both the Commons’ Net Zero and the public administration committees.<\/p>\n

But he gained recognition from many across the House after revealing to his fellow MPs in a speech that he was HIV positive.<\/p>\n

And another memorable moments saw him seize the mace in the Commons in protest over the government’s handling of Brexit votes.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Labour said: “The Labour Party takes all complaints extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures, and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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