An Indian-origin Conservative MP in Britain has accused a political rival of sending her racist tweets and one of which likened her to a "sexy Bond villain".

Priti Patel, who represents Witham in Essex, has demanded action against John Clarke who compared her to a "village idiot" on Twitter, the dailymail.co.uk reported.

In a counterattack, Patel labeled Clarke as a 'nasty piece of work'.

Although Clarke has since apologised, Patel wants Labour leader Ed Miliband to take action against him.

She accused him of making "derogatory, sleazy and demeaning comments".

Responding to a Patel's comment in December, Clarke wrote: "Witham calling: the village is missing its idiot! Come home Priti Patel..."

"@pritipatelmp was elected to represent the constituents of Witham, NOT the Indian community (note I didn't say Asian...why?)," the report quoted one of his tweets as saying later that month.

The report quoted yet another tweet from Clarke: "There's a woman on the Conservative front bench who looks like she'd be the Sexy Bond Villain. Who is she!? #PMQs."

Patel was elected from Witham in 2010 with a 15,000 majority.

The Mail report further quoted a Labour Party spokesman as saying: "The candidate has apologised for any offence caused and we are satisfied that any inaccuracies will not be repeated.'