Spencer, 37, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 16.
Conservative MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault allegedly carried out at central London’s Groucho club.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Tuesday that Spencer, the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, had been charged following two alleged incidents at the famous private members club in August 2023.
Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS special crime and counter-terrorism division, said the allegations involved two separate women.
Spencer, 37, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 16.
A Conservative Party spokesman said he had been suspended from the party and had the whip withdrawn “with immediate effect.”
The spokesman said: “The Conservative Party believes in integrity and high standards. We have taken immediate action.”
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It is understood that the Conservative chief whip asked Spencer not to attend the parliamentary estate while inquiries were ongoing.
Under changes approved by the Commons last year, MPs face being barred from attending Parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual or violent offences.
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