In the present work we perform a systematic shell model study of Gamow-Teller transition strength distributions in sd shell nuclei using ab initio effective interactions. The ab initio effective interactions are based on in-medium similarity renormalization group (IM-SRG) and coupled-cluster effective interaction (CCEI) approaches. The aim of the present work is to test the predictive power of ab initio effective interactions by using the available experimental data of Gamow-Teller strength distributions in sd shell nuclei. We perform calculations for P, 31 P → 31 Si, and 32 S → 32 P transitions. For comparison we also show the results obtained by using the phenomenological USDB Hamiltonian. The phenomenological USDB results of the Gamow-Teller (GT+/GT−) strength distributions show reasonable agreements with the experimental data in comparison to the ab initio interactions. We also calculate the electron capture reaction rates for 23 Na(e − , ν) 23 Ne and 25 Mg(e − , ν) 25 Na using ab initio and USDB interactions.