A Conservative MP says he was the target of a parliamentary honeypot sexting scam and was the first politician to alert police and Commons authorities.

Dr Luke Evans, MP for Bosworth in Leicestershire, said he was contacted on WhatsApp by two different numbers in March “who claimed to know me”.

He said in a video message on Facebook: “Last month I was the victim of online flashing and malicious communications and as soon as this happened I reported the matter to the police and parliamentary authorities.

“The first set of messages I received was a one-off photo of a naked woman that I received on WhatsApp one day while I was with my wife. As soon as I received the messages the next day, I reported them to to the police, authorities and the Chief Whip.

“Ten days later I received another set of messages, but this time my team and I were sitting in the constituency office so we were able to record the conversation and capture photos and videos of the messages, including another explicit image of a woman.”

He added: “I’m pleased that I reported this and reported it to the authorities and it is now being investigated.”

Leicestershire Police confirmed on Thursday they were investigating a report of malicious communications after a number of unsolicited messages were sent to a Leicestershire MP last month.

Reports emerged this week that a sitting minister, a number of MPs, party staff and political journalists had received unsolicited messages from two unidentified WhatsApp users.

Last night Tory MP William Large admitted to The Times that he shared the MP’s personal phone number with a man he met on a dating app because the person had “leaked” information about him .

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