1. Paula Michelle Sherriff was born on 16 April 1975 and is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Dewsbury from 2015 to 2019.
17 Facts About Paula Sherriff
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Paula Sherriff's sister Lee Sherriff is a member of Carlisle City Council, and unsuccessfully contested the Carlisle constituency at the 2015 general election.
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Paula Sherriff served as a member of Wakefield District Council for Pontefract North from 2012, gaining the seat from the Conservatives, until her resignation 2015.
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In November 2013, Paula Sherriff was selected from an all-women shortlist by the Dewsbury Constituency Labour Party as their prospective parliamentary candidate.
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Paula Sherriff was elected to Parliament at the 2015 general election, gaining Dewsbury from incumbent Conservative Simon Reevell.
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In 2015, Paula Sherriff was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jon Trickett, then Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary.
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On 11 January 2016, Paula Sherriff resigned from this role to campaign against "Tory cuts" and to focus on her work on the health select committee.
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Paula Sherriff became the first backbench MP in Parliamentary history to have an amendment to a government Budget resolution successfully adopted when her motion to abolish the "Tampon Tax" was passed.
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Paula Sherriff supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
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Paula Sherriff secured a U-turn on planned reduction in bed numbers at Dewsbury hospital and has campaigned against the hospital being downgraded.
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Paula Sherriff was Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Hate Crime and Women's Health.
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Paula Sherriff was re-elected at the 2017 general election with an increased majority.
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Paula Sherriff was appointed Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care in January 2018 and has led on the Labour Party's efforts to secure additional funding for mental health services and provide early intervention with effective child and adolescent mental health services.
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In September 2019, Paula Sherriff took part in the "humbug debate" and criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for using inflammatory language.
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Paula Sherriff lost her seat to the Conservative Party's Mark Eastwood at the 2019 general election.
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Paula Sherriff stood as an independent in the by-election, but was endorsed by the Tribune group of MPs in the subsequent contest alongside former MP Liz McInnes and former MEP Theresa Griffin.
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In 2020, Paula Sherriff announced her candidacy to contend the Labour nomination for the new office of Mayor of West Yorkshire she withdrew due to her breast cancer treatment.