LABOUR suspended Geraint Davies today pending an investigation into reports of “incredibly serious allegations of completely unacceptable behaviour.”

The decision to administratively suspend the Swansea West MP means he will have the whip removed in Westminster while a review is carried out.

It follows claims by two female MPs that Mr Davies touched them inappropriately.

A report by Politico said more than 20 serving MPs and Labour staff described allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back at least five years.

It reported that the behaviour was directed exclusively at younger women in Westminster.

A Labour spokeswoman said: “These are incredibly serious allegations of completely unacceptable behaviour.

“We strongly encourage anyone with a complaint to come forward to the Labour Party’s investigation.

“Any complainant will have access to an independent support service who provide confidential and independent guidance and advice from external experts throughout the process.”

Labour is currently carrying out its own investigation into the claims made against Mr Davies.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Daniel Greenberg could also decide to open his own inquiry if he suspects the code of conduct for MPs may have been breached.

It is the latest set of claims made in what has been termed the “Pestminster scandal,” in which allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour have been made against MPs or other senior figures in Parliament in recent years.

Most recently, former Labour MP Christian Matheson quit in October after a report by parliamentary watchdog, the Independent Expert Panel, upheld complaints of “serious sexual misconduct.”

And former Tory MP Neil Parish sparked a by-election after admitting in April 2022 to watching pornography while in Commons.

Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock said Labour’s whips are “very alive” to the issue of sexual misconduct in Westminster.

He told Times Radio: “The key thing is that, when something like this happens, a formal complaint must be made.

“People [then] get suspended, they lose the whip, investigations take place.

“I think we need to make that happen as rapidly and effectively as possible and make sure that anyone who does feel that they have a complaint to make that they know that they can do so in confidence, and that they will be treated with respect and confidentiality and with action will be taken.”