Tracey Smith sent the government minister and MP Ellie Reeves 22 emails and 10 voicemails

A woman who tried to summon her MP, the solicitor general Ellie Reeves, to court has been jailed for harassment in London.

Tracey Smith sent Reeves 22 emails and 10 voicemails calling her “transphobic” and accusing her older sister – the chancellor, Rachel Reeves – of physically assaulting her at a buffet bar.

Smith, who is a trans woman, used phrases including “a person is dangerous when they have nothing to lose” and “bullets will be flying around”.

The 58-year-old was sentenced to 26 weeks’ imprisonment and ordered to pay costs of £650 at Westminster magistrates court on Friday.