Parliamentary Career
She was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election.
She was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and took part in almost all of the backbench rebellions against the Labour government. She wa also Chair of the Parliamentary Forum on Transsexualism, and is a patron of Press for Change.
From 1993-2001 she was on the Science and Technology Select Committee. During the 2005-10 parliament she was a member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.
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