Labour's Jess Phillips reflects on abuse in 'absolutely horrible' election campaign

Jess Phillips has confessed that she had a very difficult experience during the general election campaign. She received abuse and was even booed while giving her acceptance speech, which she described as "absolutely horrible."

The Labour MP barely won re-election in Birmingham Yardley on Friday with a slim margin of 693 votes, despite facing a Workers Party candidate running on a platform supporting Gaza.

Ms Phillips, who resigned from her position in the Labour frontbench in November to support a vote in the Commons demanding an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, faced opposition from the audience as she spoke at the count.

Stay updated on the aftermath of the general election by watching live coverage.

We recommend using the Chrome browser to access the video player more easily.

In an upcoming episode of the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Ms Phillips told Sky News' Beth Rigby that the recent six weeks of campaigning were truly terrible.

Describing the harassment she has faced in the past few weeks as "the most forceful and threatening", Jess went on to say: "It's not just affecting me, but also impacting the people in my area."

People were being bullied, people were being warned that God would hold them accountable if they voted in a particular manner.

Additional updates from Sky News: Labour party loses a number of seats due to the Gaza situation. Do you know who your current local Member of Parliament is? Discover that information here.

In Birmingham, campaigners had their car tires punctured and a young woman distributing flyers was verbally abused with the term "genocide" shouted in her face while being recorded by someone, Ms. Phillips said.

She explained that the filming is being done to create content that will provoke further fear. In her area, men were humiliating women.

"They want to create content that pushes their agenda... that's what our politics has turned into - disgrace. Creating content for personal gain."

Stay connected with Sky News through WhatsApp.

Stay updated on the most recent updates from the UK and globally by tuning in to Sky News.

Ms. Phillips mentioned that even though her sons were involved in campaigning on election day, she did not feel at ease bringing them to the election results announcement.

"I hesitated to bring them along because I didn't want them to feel out of place," she explained. "Although they were in good moods, I decided to have them stay in the office with me."

Click here to subscribe to Electoral Dysfunction on your favorite podcast platform.