Member of Parliament
In the by-election held on 28 October 1982, she was elected Member of Parliament for Peckham with a majority of 3,931 votes.
Harman is a committed feminist, having said, "I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality." Because of her unabashed feminism, her detractors have given her the nickname 'Harriet Harperson' and have referred to her as the 'patron saint of equality'.
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