MP accused of swearing at Commons doorkeeper warned of ‘severe’ consequences

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An MP has been warned they face “severe” consequences after being accused of swearing at a Commons doorkeeper.

Labour’s Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, might be heard loudly saying “shit” earlier than he walked out of the chamber as MPs voted on the Government’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.

It was unclear what had prompted the shout.

A couple of minutes later Deputy Speaker Sir Roger Gale rose to inform the Commons: “I’m informed that a Member swore at one of the doorkeepers this evening who on my instructions lock the doors.

“If that person is identified the consequences will be very severe.”

MPs have a time restrict to vote throughout a division and doorkeepers are instructed to lock the doorways to the voting foyer as soon as this elapses.