Labour Shadow Whip faces calls to step down over views on single sex spaces

Her post online read: “Female single-sex spaces are not yours to give away” captioned “Bonne Nuit”.

Rosie Duffield, who previously said she felt ostracised by the party because of her views on gender reforms, offered her support for Tonia, tweeting "Just in case of any doubt,#IStandWithTonia, my good friend and strong feminist sister.

"And just for the record, Tonia is a current @UKLabour whip and former Shadow Minister, rightly understanding and expressing the views of most people who vote in the UK."

One X user and apparent Labour member criticised the Labour MP, posting: ”Labour MPs should never be able to spread and share such provocative and inflammatory hate.

"It's devastating that this won't lead to a discussion of whether the shadow whip should even have a whip at all."

Another X user said: “No Labour MP should ever post such toxic bile, we have to hold ourselves to the same standards that we’d hold Tory MPs to, solidarity with our trans siblings."

Sir Keir Starmer has voiced his disagreement with Scottish Labour’s view on how trans people should be able to change their sex legally.

Earlier this month, Labour MSPs were whipped to vote in favour of the Gender Recognition Reform.

The controversial legislation was debated for two days in Holyrood before it was eventually vetoed by the UK Government over concerns it would impact the Equalities Act.

The legislation has been a divisive issue for the party.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting offered an apology to Rosie Duffield earlier this year after she said she felt ostracised by the party because of her views on gender reforms.

The Labour MP also accused male party colleagues of trying to "shout her down" in the Commons earlier this year as she spoke in favour of the government’s move to block proposed gender reforms in Scotland.