Former Welsh Conservative MP denies having false passport

A former Welsh Conservative MP has denied having a false passport during the time she was sitting in Parliament.

Katie Wallis, 41, of Butetown, Cardiff, the MP for Bridgend in South Wales from 2019 to 2024, became the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons in 2022.

Wallis, who uses female pronouns and was previously known as Jamie, appeared before Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday representing herself.

She denied two charges relating to the possession of a false passport.

The first is possession of an identity document with improper intention, “namely a British passport in the name of Jamie Wallis, that was false and that she knew or believed to be false”.

The second charge relates to the possession of a false identity document in the name of Jamie Wallis.

Wallis was alleged to be in possession of the document in April 2022, while she was still serving as a Conservative MP.

She was released on conditional bail with a trial date fixed for November 2 next year.