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A Swansea -born MP is one of a number to speak of their “genuine fear” in the wake of the bitterly fought election campaign.

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, said he was a victim of abuse during the battle to retain his seat.

He was screamed at by a man in the New Inn pub in Clitheroe on St George’s Day, who yelled at him: “You are a terrorist, child murderer, go back to Swansea, you are not welcome here.”

Mr Evans described it as a ‘new low in campaigning’.

And he is not alone - former Gower Conservative MP Byron Davies claimed he was a victim of two online death threats during the May/June General Election campaign.

The situation has led British Prime Minister Theresa May to order a Number 10 policy unit review into the matter, and has called on MPs to speak out about their experiences.

Andrea Leadsom, leader of the House of Commons, also raised the issue, which sparked a discussion by Cabinet.

Byron Davies, who branded the election battle as the “dirtiest campaign” he had seen, claimed he was threatened with being “strung up” if he showed his face in a particular area of Swansea and the threats led him to take the matter to the police.

A female candidate, aged in her 30s, who was running for a safe Labour seat, also said social media attacks left her feeling “genuine fear.”

She added: “It has made me think whether I really want to be an MP.”

Sarah Wollaston, Tory MP for Totnes in Devon, told The Guardian she was being “forced out of town” by abusive words on her office building.

But she insisted Labour MPs had been the victims of even worse abuse.

Twitter trolls have been convicted over death threats against Angela Eagle, Stella Creasy and Luciana Berger.

Nimco Ali, a candidate for the Women’s Equality party, was sent a letter threatening her life and signed ‘Jo Cox’.

The first Conservative MP to speak out was 61-year-old widow Sheryll Murray, who talked at PMQs two weeks ago about receiving death threats and having her door urinated on.

Mrs May said she was “determined to stamp it out” and underlined the number of attacks on female MPs.