William Large was also a “victim” of the honeypot sexting scandal, a Tory MP said.

The senior Conservative MP for Hazel Grove has admitted he was “manipulated” into giving a colleague’s personal phone number to a man he met on Grindr.

Bosworth MP Dr Luke Evans also said he was a victim of “cyberflash” and was the first to report it to police as the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into “unsolicited messages”. question members.

“I don’t condone Will for what he did. But I do think that he was a victim of this, like everyone else… He was probably dealing with a very skilled, manipulative agent,” Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker told the BBC.