Geraint Davies: New Labour MPs say they were warned about him

Two Labour MPs person said they were warned astir Geraint Davies successful their archetypal weeks successful Westminster.

They were told by different MPs to "watch out" for him, they say.

The Swansea West MP was suspended by the Labour Party pursuing reports by the Politico quality website of "completely unacceptable behaviour".

He is accused of subjecting younger pistillate colleagues to unwanted intersexual attention, but said helium does not recognise the allegations.

One of those who spoke to BBC Wales claimed she was taxable to lewd comments and inappropriate touching.

"He was ever lewd and yuck successful presumption of his behaviour, it was conscionable his MO (the mode helium operated)," she said.

"It was ne'er sinister, conscionable inappropriate. He'd marque lewd comments oregon interaction your limb erstwhile you were adjacent to him successful the voting lobby. It conscionable made you consciousness uncomfortable.

"If you saw him successful the beverage room, you would debar sitting connected his array and commune helium wouldn't travel and beryllium with you."

She added: "When I archetypal became an MP, helium was 1 of the ones you'd beryllium warned about. Several radical sat maine down and told maine to ticker retired for him.

"It's astir clip this came to light."

A 2nd pistillate MP has told BBC Wales that she was besides told by chap MPs to debar Mr Davies.

The 2nd MP had not experienced oregon witnessed immoderate inappropriate behaviour herself, and truthful did not rise the contented with the party.

She believes the enactment needed to re-assess its procedures.

"The Labour Party person a caller complaints process but we present request to question if it's working. There needs to beryllium a reappraisal of that process to spot whether it's moving and if it's robust enough," she said.

"Why bash we request to enactment the onus connected young women to travel guardant and to marque an authoritative ailment earlier enactment is taken?"

"There is present a batch of speech amongst pistillate MPs connected however we alteration the civilization successful Westminster due to the fact that capable is enough."

Mr Davies has been approached for remark but has not responded.

However, successful effect to earlier claims, helium told Politico helium did not recognise the allegations.

"If I person inadvertently caused offence to anyone, past I americium people atrocious arsenic it is important that we stock an situation of communal and adjacent respect for all," helium said.

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford said his enactment has "acted swiftly" to suspend Mr Davies.

On a sojourn to Edinburgh, Mr Drakeford told the BBC the accusations against Mr Davies are "very serious" and "need to beryllium taken seriously".

Originally Labour said it had not received a ceremonial complaint, but the BBC present understands that 1 has been made.

A Labour spokesperson has antecedently said: "These are incredibly superior allegations of wholly unacceptable behaviour.

"We powerfully promote anyone with a ailment to travel guardant to the Labour Party's investigation.

"Any complainant volition person entree to an autarkic enactment work who supply confidential and autarkic guidance and proposal from outer experts passim the process."

Labour wide caput David Evans said a reappraisal has been launched into the complaints process pursuing erstwhile incidents, including an adjutant receiving a warning aft allegedly groping a inferior a unit member.

In an email sent connected Thursday, helium said: "Since the stories 2 weeks ago, it has been my urgent absorption that we reappraisal the ceremonial processes done which our colleagues tin study specified behaviour, however we enactment unneurotic with autarkic complaints bodies to guarantee rigorous outcomes and extortion for unit portion investigations are ongoing, and however we tin make a civilization successful which colleagues consciousness harmless and encouraged to marque a ailment if they request to.

"I person been moving unneurotic with a taskforce of the party's elder enactment squad to determination this reappraisal guardant arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."