About Me

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I was born and raised in the constituency attending Adamsrill Primary School in Sydenham and Cator Park Secondary School (now Harris Bromley) in Penge. I am now raising my own family here and I am proud to call it home.
 
I studied law at Oxford University and then worked as an employment rights lawyer for over 10 years. I mainly represented Unite and UCATT trade union members as a trade union lawyer and then set up my own business providing help to working mums and women facing maternity discrimination.
 
I joined the Labour party aged 15, motivated to do so by the poor conditions of my secondary school which were caused by a lack of funding. I have been campaigning for social justice, public services and equality ever since then, and served on the Labour Party's National Executive Committee between 2006 - 2016.
 
I am extremely proud to have been elected in 2017 and 2019 to represent the area that I love. It is an honour working to be a strong and active voice for our community in Westminster.

​In April 2020 I was appointed to the Labour Front Bench as Shadow Solicitor General and in December 2021 I was promoted to Shadow Justice Minister. In September 2023 I was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy National Campaign Coordinator for the Labour Party and to also represent the Shadow Cabinet on Labour's National Executive.