Tory MP Peter Bone has reportedly left his wife for a married physio 20 years his junior.
Mr Bone, 65, is known for mentioning his wife Jenny in Parliament but is said to have been hosting 45-year-old Helen Harrison at his taxpayer-funded £1.5million apartment in Westminster at least twice a week.
The pair have allegedly been sharing cosy dinners at the luxury property.
Tory MP Peter Bone (left) has reportedly left his wife for Helen Harrison (right), a married physio 20 years his junior
Mr Bone is known for mentioning wife Jenny (right) in Parliament. Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron once quipped: ‘I am fast coming to the view that Mrs Bone is insatiable’
On her Twitter account, Mrs Harrison (centre) is pictured campaigning with Mr Bone (right). She is a Conservative activist
Mr Bone has tonight admitted in a statement that he and Jenny, 57, no longer lived together, according to The Sun.
Mr Bone, the Conservative member for Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, said: ‘My wife and I have been living apart for more than two years, during which time I have formed a relationship with Helen Harrison.
‘Neither Helen nor I intend to make any further comment about this matter.’
In Parliament, Mr Bone often referred to his wife as ‘Mrs Bone’ and ex-Prime Minister David Cameron once quipped: ‘I am fast coming to the view that Mrs Bone is insatiable.’
At a TV Brexit debate shortly before Christmas, Mr Bone was accompanied by Mrs Harrison, who is a Conservative campaigner and former parliamentary candidate.
An online profile says she is married to builder Michael Harrison, who lives in Corby, Northamptonshire.
Mr Bone (pictured with his agent, left, and his wife Jenny, right) is said to have been hosting 45-year-old Helen Harrison at his taxpayer-funded £1.5million apartment in Westminster at least twice a week
Mrs Harrison is a director of Grassroots Out, a campaign to leave the European Union backed by Nigel Farage. Mr Bone is also a director
Mr Bone’s wife, who works as her husband’s secretary at his Northamptonshire constituency office, declined to comment
The pair apparently have two children, aged 19 and 21.
Mrs Harrison is a director of Grassroots Out, a campaign to leave the European Union backed by Nigel Farage.
Mr Bone is also a director.
On her Twitter account, Mrs Harrison is pictured campaigning and there are several photographs of her and Mr Bone.
She is also pictured alongside politicians Michael Gove, Chris Grayling and Philip Hammond.
When Mr Bone and Mrs Harrison were approached by the Sun as they left the MP’s flat this morning, they declined to comment.
Mr Bone’s wife, who works as her husband’s secretary at his Northamptonshire constituency office, declined to comment.
Mrs Bone, who works as Mr Bone’s office manager, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 but successfully underwent treatment.
Four years ago Mr Bone was accused of a £100,000 fraud over a subsidised care home for his mother-in-law.
At the time Mrs Bone and her husband Peter denied selling the house of Mrs Bone’s mother to clear their own debts and avoid paying the full £26,000-a-year cost of her local authority nursing home.
Mr Bone did not face fraud charges and the case was dropped in March 2014. But Mrs Bone suggested the stress of the investigation prompted the cancer to return and she underwent further treatment.
Speaking at the time, she told the Mail on Sunday: ‘It’s an absolute nightmare. It’s killing us both. ‘In the last three weeks they found a lump on my breast. I’m convinced it’s the stress.
‘It’s ridiculous to think Peter would do something wrong and imply I have gone against my mum’s wishes.’