Douglas Carswell has joined in the criticism of a Labour law Lord who criticised “Essex Man.”

Shami Chakrabarti offended politicians across the county while appealing to Jewish members not to leave the Labour Party.

“Please don’t go. Don’t leave me here, don’t leave me locked in a room with Essex man,” she told a party rally in Liverpool.

Baroness Chakrabarti is the former boss of the human rights group Liberty, who was recently elevated to the House of Lords by Jeremy Corbyn after she produced a report into anti-semitism in the Labour Party.

“It may come as news to the noble lady, but Labour isn't exactly flavour of the month in Essex,” said the UKIP MP.

“Over the eleven years I've represented Clacton, Labour has lost a lot of its support base locally. Many of my constituents abandoned Labour because they felt Labour had abandoned them. It seems they were right,” he posted on his blog.

The Clacton MP said Labour has been alienating groups such as Leave voters, centrists and Jews, but other parties were also offending voters.

Mr Carswell said he might invite Baroness Chakrabarti to Clacton to meet some real Essex folk.

“She'll discover they're as decent as anyone she sits next to in the House of Lords,” he added.

Colchester Conservative MP Will Quince has branded the Labour politician’s comments “ignorant” saying they were particularly disappointing as she is chancellor of Essex University.

“Throughout her career she has always fought against stereotypes and this is exactly what she is doing by saying ‘Essex man’.

“Essex is an economic powerhouse which drives the British economy and we are full to the brim with entrepreneurs.

“I’m sure it was an off the cuff comment, but it is still disappointing,” said the MP.

Baroness Chakrabarti was appointed Chancellor of Essex University in September 2014. Speaking at the time of the appointment, she said she was “delighted”.

Mr Quince said: “I do question why she accepted the role of chancellor when she has got such a low opinion of the people of Essex.

“She talks about having a lack of vision and yet Essex is full of it.

“I think she just needs to apologise.

“She holds one of the biggest roles in the county and as such she should be an ambassador for Essex. She should be talking us up and if she is not willing to do that and instead make disparaging remarks maybe she should think about whether she wants to be chancellor.

“Being an ambassador comes with the job.”

The Gazette contacted Essex University but they said they did not want to comment.

The phrase ‘Essex Man’ can be traced to 1990 to describe traditionally working class people who supported then Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Journalist Simon Heffer wrote an article describing Essex Man as “young, industrious, mildly brutish and culturally barren.”