Tory row over May-backed vote to bar MPs arrested for sex offences as Shapps calls it wrong side of justice [Video]

A furious row has erupted over reforms set to bar MPs from Parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual or violent offences, with Grant Shapps calling the changes the “wrong side of natural justice”.

MPs voted by a majority of one for the measure on Monday night.

Controversially, the move was backed by former prime minister Theresa May, six years after she restored the whip to MPs accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour as she battled to save her premiership.

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, who was cleared earlier this year after a four-year investigation into allegations of rape, said he was “appalled” by the move.

“The principle of innocent until proven guilty has been lost,” he told The Independent.

Defence Secretary Mr Shapps said: “For me, it does seem to be just on the wrong side of natural justice. And that is why I voted …