A second Tory MP accused John Bercow of branding her a 'stupid woman' today as Andrea Leadsom led a Conservative revolt against the Speaker.
The Leader of the House seized on a furious row over Jeremy Corbyn jibing 'stupid woman' at Theresa May to revive the same charge against Mr Bercow.
After the Speaker warned MPs he could not sanction the Labour leader, another Tory MP Vicky Ford accused Mr Bercow of making the remark at her.
A furious Mr Bercow wagged his finger and insisted Ms Ford had never made the allegation before and that he 'refutes it 100 per cent'.
When the row first broke out in the aftermath of PMQs Mrs Leadsom raised a point of order to refer to an incident earlier this year where Mr Bercow was accused of calling her a 'stupid woman'.
Mr Bercow has been dogged by accusations of bullying for months and his personal feud with Mrs Leadsom has led to a deep freeze in relations with the Government.
Andrea Leadsom (pictured in the Commons today) led a Tory assault against Speaker John Bercow today as a sexism storm engulfed the Commons and left it in chaos
After the Speaker warned MPs he could not sanction the Labour leader, another Tory MP Vicky Ford accused Mr Bercow of making the same remark at her (pictured(
A furious Mr Bercow wagged his finger (pictured) and insisted Ms Ford had never made the allegation before and that he 'refutes it 100 per cent'
Mrs Leadsom said: 'If individuals who are found to have made unwelcome remarks should apologise, why it is that when an opposition member found that you had called me a 'stupid woman', you did not apologise in this chamber?'
After repeated jeers and banging from Tory MPs, Mr Bercow said: 'No no I'll deal with the point.
'I dealt with that point months ago in remarks that I made to the House of Commons to which Ms Leadsom in our various meetings since has made no reference and which requires from the chair today no elaboration whatsoever.'
The Speaker added that 'the matter has been treated of and I am leaving it there'.
She said when evidence was presented that 'you had called me a stupid woman you did not apologise in this chamber'.
But former minister Anna Soubry then rose to claim that if the Tory MP had said the same thing to a Labour MP 'you sir would take action immediately'.
'With great respect to the chair I have to say this, if it was one of my male colleagues on this side of the House that had used that expression against a woman on the frontbench on the Opposition you sir would take action immediately.
'Please would you deal with it as you often do, Mr Speaker, in a fair way, but also from the point of view of women in this House who are fed up over decades of being abused by men.'
Mr Bercow, who was being shouted at and heckled by Tory MPs, responded saying: 'I cannot be expected to deprecate the behaviour of an individual which I did not witness.'
Mr Bercow returned the Commons three hours later to give his ruling on Mr Corbyn.
In response, Ms Ford said she 'did not believe' Mr Corbyn before turning her fire on the Speaker to blast: 'I have heard the words ''stupid woman'' being used in this chamber about myself and I am afraid to say I have heard it from yourself in the Speaker's chair.'
Mr Bercow pointed at the MP and said: 'You have at no time previously... made that allegation against me. You have not come to me and said that.
'To my knowledge I am not in receipt of a letter alleging that. If there is such an allegation I refute it 100 per cent.'
Mr Bercow faced furious pleas from Tory MPs to act against the Labour leader in the aftermath of PMQs (pictured). MPs including Health Secretary Matt Hancock tried to show the Speaker footage of Mr Corbyn's jibe
Jeremy Corbyn flatly denied saying the words 'stupid woman' when he was summoned back to the chamber this evening
The incendiary row was triggered when Mr Corbyn was engulfed in a sexism row today over calling Mrs May a 'stupid woman' during bitter clashes at PMQs today.
The Labour leader faced a furious backlash from Tories and his own MPs after appearing to mouth the jibe during a stormy Commons session.
In a brutal pre-Christmas exchanges, Mrs May had accused Mr Corbyn of descending into 'pantomine' over Brexit, saying his own party was not behind him.
But as the PM said down to cheers, Mr Corbyn seemed to mutter: 'Stupid woman.'
The remark was not picked up on microphones, but politicians from both sides of the House were in little doubt what he said - as were lipreaders.
However, hauled back to the House hours later, Mr Corbyn flatly denied saying the words.
'I did not use the words 'stupid woman' about the Prime Minister or anyone else,' he said.
Despite the rebuttal, virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is deaf and can lipread, agreed with the interpretation.
Bizarrely, Hollywood actor Rob Lowe also waded in, saying he had seen the insult 'with my own eyes'.
When the slur was raised with her in the chamber, Mrs May retorted that all MPs must refer to women in an 'appropriate' way.
And after PMQs ended the House descended into chaos as Tories demanded Speaker John Bercow haul Mr Corbyn back to apologise.
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