Paula Sherriff
| Paula Sherriff MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Dewsbury |
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| Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Reevell |
| Majority | 1,451 (2.7%) |
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| Born | 16 April 1975 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | Official website |
Paula Sherriff (born 1975) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury since gaining the seat from the Conservatives at the general election in May 2015.[1] Sherriff was previously a councillor in Pontefract on Wakefield District Council.
On 11 January 2016, Sherriff resigned as a ministerial aide to shadow local government and communities secretary Jon Trickett.[2]
0n 21 March 2016 it was officially acknowledged that the ‘Tampon Tax’ would be abolished. Paula Sherriff became the first backbench MP in Parliamentary history to have had an amendment to a Budget resolution successfully adopted. Both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Labour Party commended her work on the issue.[3]
References
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- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35281203
- ↑ MPs Back Abolition Of Tampon Tax After Government Accepts Labour Amendment To Budget 22 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Dewsbury 2015–present |
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