“I’m Proud to Be the Sex MP”: How Samantha Niblett’s Summer of Sex Campaign Is Quietly Changing Minds at Westminster
When Samantha Niblett walks through the corridors of the House of Commons in 2026, colleagues and strangers alike have started recognising her for something no MP before her has been recognised for in quite the same way. “Now in times gone by, being referred to as a ‘sex MP’ would’ve been something quite sleazy and seedy,” the Labour Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire said in an interview published this weekend. “But thankfully” — she stopped herself, reflecting on how the response to her campaign has shifted over the past three months — “that has changed.”