An MP who boycotted the Euros because of footballers players taking the knee has quietly left the Women and Equalities Committee.
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson was recently criticised for telling a female district councillor in his constituency to “stay out of big boy’s politics”.
The Tories appointed him to the committee in May last year, despite having reprimanded him over sexist behaviour.
But after just six months on the committee, he was quietly replaced in mid-December by former equalities minister Caroline Dineage.
Mr Anderson has not publicly addressed his stepping back from the committee, and did not respond to a request for comment.
Commons records show he left the Committee on December 14.
Mr Anderson made headlines during the Euro 2020 tournament for announcing he would not watch England matches because he did not like “the taking the knee business.”
Mr Anderson was “warned” by Conservative party in 2018 over a Facebook post while he was a Councillor.
Alongside a picture of a woman wearing a low-cut tank top, Mr Anderson wrote: “Out with some great knockers tonight in Skegby.”
In November, he sparked fury in his local constituency by telling Ashfield District Councillor Samantha Deakin to “stay out of big boy’s politics.”
Cllr Deakin had criticised Mr Anderson in a row about a local college.
“Like many people, Lee Anderson’s appointment to the Women’s and Equality Select Committee was a surprise to me,” she said. “ More than that - it was an insult. Since then, I have been a victim of his misogyny.”
She added: “We asked the Conservative Party last year whether his current membership of this important committee was appropriate – they didn’t reply.
“It’s clear however that someone has agreed and this Select Committee can now get on with their job without the influence of someone with the views of a 1970s Working Men’s Club comedian.”
