Harriet Harman was elected Labour MP for Peckham in 1982. She was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2007-2015, was appointed Shadow Deputy Prime Minister 2010-2015 and has twice served as Interim Labour Leader in 2010 and 2015. She has been in politics’ a prominent champion for women’s rights and as a minister in the Labour Government, introducing the National Childcare Strategy and the Equality Act, changing the law on domestic violence and increasing female representation. The first women Labour politician to answer Prime Minister’s Questions. In 2017 she became the longest serving woman MP.