Overview
- McGinn, 41, is scheduled to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 27 February 2026.
- The Crown Prosecution Service brought a single charge after a Metropolitan Police investigation into an alleged July 2022 incident.
- Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor Jessica Walker announced the decision and referenced the CPS charging tests.
- McGinn was suspended by Labour in 2022, denied wrongdoing, then sat as an independent before standing down in 2024.
- He withdrew from Labour’s internal probe in October 2023, and his former St Helens North seat was later won by Labour’s David Baines.