Poplar and Limehouse MP Apsana Begum has revealed she has been signed off sick from work after what she calls a “sustained campaign of misogynistic abuse”.
The east London Labour MP said she had been targeted over her race and gender, which she said had been “particularly painful and difficult” as a survivor of domestic abuse.
Begum, 32, called on the Labour Party to “do all it can to ensure such behaviour is never tolerated”.
In a statement, Begum said she had needed to visit hospital on 12 June and was later signed off work by her GP.
She said that because she was unwell she had not been able to participate in an internal trigger ballot, adding that she was “very concerned” about allegations of “rule-breaking and misogynistic intimidation” around the wider process.
A trigger ballot is a Labour Party procedure in which local parties and affiliated groups decide whether a sitting MP should be allowed to contest the next general election without the need for a full re-selection process.
Last year, Begum was cleared by a jury of making fraudulent housing claims, accusations she said had been “driven by malicious intent”. She told Snaresbrook Crown Court her “controlling” husband had been in charge of her finances.
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