{"id":61626,"date":"2024-05-29T18:26:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/labour-suspends-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle-over-complaint\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:26:26","slug":"labour-suspends-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle-over-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/labour-suspends-mp-lloyd-russell-moyle-over-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour suspends MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle over complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has been suspended by the Labour Party over a complaint about his behaviour. <\/p>\n

The MP for Brighton Kemptown has been told by the party he will not be eligible to be a candidate at 4 July’s election.<\/p>\n

He told BBC South East he believes it is a \u201cvexatious and politically motivated complaint\u201d about his behaviour eight years ago.<\/p>\n

He says he will cooperate with the investigation process to clear his name, adding \u201cI believe I will be fully exonerated\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party confirmed a complaint has been received and is being investigated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Russell-Moyle was elected as a councillor for Brighton and Hove City Council in 2016 and to Westminster in 2017.<\/p>\n

He posted a personal statement on social media, saying that the letter came “out of the blue” from someone “who remains anonymous to me”. <\/p>\n

He said: “This is a false allegation that I dispute totally and I believe it was designed to disrupt this election.<\/p>\n

“There isn’t enough time to defend myself as these processes within the party take too long, so the party have told me that I will not be eligible to be a candidate at the next election. I’m gutted.”<\/p>\n

He added he would work with the investigation processes “to clear my name” and would look at “how to contribute to public life in different ways” meantime and hoped to see a Labour government.<\/p>\n

A Labour Party spokesperson 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

At the 2019 general election, Russell-Moyle was re-elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown with a decreased vote share of 51.6% and a decreased majority of 8,061.<\/p>\n

The other candidates standing in Brighton Kemptown are Khobi Vallis for the Conservatives, Elaine Hills for the Greens, Stewart Stone for the Liberal Democrats, Kellie-Jay Keen for the Party of Women, Valerie Gray for the Social Democratic Party and Elaine Ghoneim for the Workers Party of Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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