LABOUR has urged the Tories to launch an investigation after a senior Conservative MP and a Belfast-born journalist accused Stanley Johnson of inappropriate touching.
Former minister Caroline Nokes accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father of smacking her on the backside at the Conservative Party conference in 2003.
Her allegation prompted Belfast-born political journalist Ailbhe Rea to say she was "groped" by the former member of the European Parliament at a party conference.
Ms Nokes, chair of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, suggested the Prime Minister's father inappropriately touched her during the 2003 conference in Blackpool.
At the time, she was preparing for the campaign to represent the Hampshire constituency of Romsey during the 2005 election.
"I can remember a really prominent man smacking me on the backside about as hard as he could and going, 'Oh, Romsey, you've got a lovely seat'," Ms Nokes told Sky News.
"I didn't do anything and I feel ashamed by that ... now I probably would."
Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds urged the Conservative Party to launch an investigation.
"The Conservative Party clearly needs to investigate a serious allegation like that, that happened at their party conference," he told Times Radio.
Home Office minister Damian Hinds did not commit to an investigation during an appearance on the same radio station.
Ms Rea, a journalist for the New Statesman magazine, also claimed she encountered an inappropriate advance from Mr Johnson.
Ms Rea wrote on Twitter: "Stanley Johnson also groped me at a party at Conservative conference in 2019.
"I am grateful to Caroline Nokes for calling out something that none of us should have to put up with, not least from the Prime Minister's father."
Regarding the initial accusation, Mr Johnson (81) told Sky News: "I have no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all. But there you go ... and no reply."
