Are Northern female MPs facing “orchestrated barracking” from Tory MPs?

Are female MPs from the North being targeted in the Commons because of their accents? That’s the experience of Durham North West MP Pat Glass, who says that fellow North East MP Emma Lewell-Buck has also been “gone for” by opponents in the chamber. The Shields Gazette reports:

“I know Emma has a lovely strong accent but they have really gone for her in the chamber over that, really gone for her. She has that Sarah Millican accent and they shout at her because of it. There are big differences between my accent and hers but, generally, if you are a woman, they target you and if you have a northern accent, they go for you.”

“The hardest thing I found going into Parliament was the culture. If I had gone to an all-boys public school I would have fitted in, but I didn’t. What I found is if a woman gets to speak, particularly women with an accent, then there is orchestrated barracking. You don’t get to see it on television because the camera is fixed on the person who is speaking and not on the orchestrated response. I get the impression they think women who are northerners should not be there.”