Ex-Labour MP accused of sexual harassment joins Plaid Cymru

LONDON — A former Labour MP who was suspended from the party following allegations of sexual harassment has joined Plaid Cymru, the ruling party in Wales.

Geraint Davies made the announcement on the news website Nation Cymru, where he claimed that he was forced out as an MP because of “local rivalries and disobeying Keir Starmer’s orders to speaking [sic] out against killings in Gaza.” He described allegations of sexual misconduct against him as “untrue anonymous hearsay in the media.” In 2023, five women alleged that Davies, a former Commons select committee chair, subjected them to unwanted sexual attention, both physical and verbal, after coming into contact with them through his work as an MP.

Davies had the whip suspended as a Labour MP immediately after the allegations were made public but remained a member of the party until 2025.