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Paula Sherriff

Paula Sherriff was the Labour MP for Dewsbury from 2015 to 2019

October 2019

  • Paula Sherriff Labour Mp.

    Labour MP Paula Sherriff: ‘Boris Johnson dismissed me as a hysterical female’

    Boris Johnson told Sherriff that her safety concerns were ‘humbug’. But she says she won’t be silenced

28 September 2019

  • Calm before the storm: Boris Johnson at the UN in New York on Monday.

    Brexit countdown: inside Boris Johnson’s terrible week

    It started with a cheery chat to the press pack, but by Friday the PM, crushed in the courts, and with a criminal inquiry looming, looked on the ropes
  • Paula Sherriff and Tracy Brabin

    In Westminster, MPs felt Brexit fury. At home they see hate rising

    In the county where Jo Cox was murdered, Paula Sherriff and Tracy Brabin are experiencing growing levels of abuse
  • John Bercow

    Speaker John Bercow summons party leaders to peace talks

    Meeting called after multiple MPs raise fears over effect of angry rhetoric in Commons

26 September 2019

  • Rushanara Ali and Luciana Berger (top), and Paula Sherriff and Tulip Siddiq (bottom).

    'Abuse is virtually constant': female MPs speak about the threats they face

    As Boris Johnson is criticised for his divisive comments, MPs shed light on the intimidation they have suffered
  • Gaby Hinsliff

    Tory moderates may have to fight to get their party back

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Inflammatory rhetoric isn’t restricted to the Conservative party – but it seems to have taken up residence at its head, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
  • Boris Johnson.

    'Surrender, humbug': key heated exchanges in Commons debate

    Boris Johnson accused of using dangerous language in Wednesday’s session

July 2017

  • ‘There is a really serious issue …’ Diane Abbott, Anna Soubry and Paula Sherriff.

    ‘We don’t have bodyguards, we are completely vulnerable’: female MPs on the fears they face

    Since Jo Cox’s murder, politicians have learned to take threats seriously. With toxic abuse coming from all sides of Britain’s political divides – and female, gay and ethnic minority MPs experiencing the worst of it – is this culture of intimidation undermining democracy?

May 2017

  • Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to party supporters in front of the Conservative party’s battlebus.

    One nation under Theresa May: Tory candidates play second fiddle to PM

    The image of strength and stability the Tories have projected around Theresa May has hit home with the electorate. Now the prime minister is using that to cement her mandate for Brexit

January 2017

  • pink and blue razors

    Shopper's champion goes on the offensive over UK retail's sexist surcharge

  • Pink razor on the rim of a bath

    Tesco cuts price of women's razors so they cost the same as men's

October 2016

  • Paula Sherriff

    Patients forced to make appointments to boost profits, says Labour MP

    Paula Sherriff says her former employer Virgin Care insisted on extra consultations at expense of taxpayer and patient safety

July 2016

  • Jeremy Corbyn

    Corbyn calls for swift action on threats to MPs amid 'climate of worry'

    The Labour leader pledged a new party role to deal with harassment and intimidation in response to a letter from 44 female MPs

May 2016

  • Supermarket aisle

    Tampon tax: supermarkets pledge to pass on tax saving

    Major supermarkets and Boots vow to reduce price of sanitary products following government’s proposed scrapping of VAT

March 2016

  • Paula Sherriff, Labour MP for Dewsbury

    'Tampon tax': PM gets support from EU leaders for looser VAT rules

  • Paula Sherrif, Labour MP for Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

    MPs plan budget rebellion against tampon tax

October 2015

  • Illustration by Sebastien Thibault

    At last, Westminster is learning how to talk about vaginas without giggling

    Helen Lewis
    The debate about VAT on tampons was largely symbolic, but at least previously unmentionable terms are utterable at last

March 2015

  • Dewsbury header

    Battleground Britain: Dewsbury doubters have little faith that their vote counts

    Many people in the Yorkshire town do not know their local MP, feel let down by politicians and are disillusioned ahead of the election
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