Misogyny will be made a hate crime for the first time under proposals to be voted on by MPs tomorrow.

Stella Creasy, the Labour MP and women’s rights campaigner, has put forward an amendment to the Voyeurism Bill that would make the hatred of women an aggravating factor in “upskirting” cases. If passed, courts would take evidence of misogyny into account when sentencing someone taking sexually intrusive images. Police forces would be required to record allegations of such abuse.

Ms Creasy hopes that the bill will be the first step towards recognising misogyny as a crime in its own right, in parallel with hate-crime offences based on race, religion or disability. “At the moment while you would be protected in your workplace from being targeted