Hazel Grove MP admits leaking MPs' phone numbers to a man on a dating app

William Wragg's told a newspaper he was targeted in a honeytrap sexting scandal

Author: Nathan MarshPublished 4th Apr 2024

A senior Conservative MP has admitted leaking MPs' phone numbers in a honeytrap sexting scandal, according to The Times newspaper.

William Wragg, the MP for Hazel Grove, said he handed over the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on Grindr, a gay dating app.

Wragg says they exchanged pictures, and were meant to meet up.

Those colleagues are reported to be MPs and a government minister.

Mr Wragg told The Times: "They had compromising things on me."

"They wouldn’t leave me alone. They would ask for people. I gave them some numbers, not all of them. I told him to stop. He's manipulated me and now I’ve hurt other people.

"I got chatting to a guy on an app and we exchanged pictures. We were meant to meet up for drinks, but then didn't. Then he started asking for numbers of people. I was worried because he had stuff on me. He gave me a WhatsApp number, which doesn't work now.

"I've hurt people by being weak. I was scared. I'm mortified. I'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt."

We have contacted Mr Wragg for comment.

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