I was delighted in June 2007 I won the campaign to become Deputy Leader of the Labour party. It is an honour and a privilege to be elected to serve in this position.

Since I was elected I have been campaigning all over the UK. So far I have visited:

2014

October - By election visit Roschester & Strood
October - Buxton, High Peak Visit & Creative Councillors Network meeting
October - West Cliff Theatre visit and Campaigning in Clacton-On-Sea
October - Meeting residents and Pensioners in Heywood and Middleton

September - Labour Party Conference - Manchester
September  - Campaigning in Glasgow, Scotland
September - Campaigning in Paisley, Scotland
September - Arts visit to Tate Liverpool

August - Ealing - #TheChoice speech
August - Campaiging in Edinburgh
August - Edinburgh Festival

July - Launch of the IF Festival in Milton Keynes
July - National Policy Forum in Milton Keynes
July - Launch of Purna Sen Campaign in Brighton 

June - Shadow Cabinet meeting in Nantgarw, Wales
June - Visit to Sport Wales - Cardiff, Wales
June - Campaigning in Newark ahead of the by-election

May - Campaigning in Stroud
May - Older Women's meeting in Pendle
May - Campaigning in Great Yarmouth
May - Campaigning in Thurrock
May - Oxford May Festival
May - National Election 2014 Launch in Redbridge
May - Brighton Festival

April - Local Election Launch in Milton Keynes
April - Campaigning in Bermondsey and Old Southwark
April - Arts visit in Bermondsey and Old Southwark
April - Campaign day in Carlisle

March - Welsh Labour Conference, Women's Summit - Llandudno
March - Scottish Labour Conference - Perth
March - South East Regional Labour conference in Crawley
March - WOW - Royal Festival Hall
March - Labour's Special Conference in London
March - Labour Local Government Conference in London

February - Bradford Labour Youth Conference
February - Suffolk Coastal CLP members meeting
February - Roundtable with older women shopworkers - Croydon Central

January - Wythenshawe and Sale East By-Election
January - Progress conference in Watford
January - Cowdenbeath By-election - Campaign day
January - Campaign day in Swindon - Cost of Cameron

2013

December - Morley and Outwood annual Christmas Dinner

November - Members meeting to discuss party reform in Ipswich
November - Eastern Regional Conference in Luton
November - Hearing from young people on politics and party reform in Reading
November - Campaigning on childcare costs in Reading
November - Energy day of action visit to Brentford and Isleworth
November - Campaigning for Labour's energy freeze in Battersea

October - Campaigning in Warwick and Leamington
October - North Warwickshire fundraiser

September – Labour Party Annual Conference in Brighton    
September – Bournemouth TUC speech 
September – Basildon

August – Edinburgh Festival

July – East Midlands Regional Conference – Leicester De Montfort Uni 
July – Bristol Launch of the One Nation Arts      

June – Campaigning in Margate and Arts visit 
June – Labour National Policy Forumn in Birmingham 
June – Campaigning in Aberdeen 
June – East Midlands Women’s conference and Ashfield fundraising dinner           

April – Campaigning in South Shields
April – Campaigning in Dover
April – Campaigning in Hastings
April – Scottish Labour Conference in Inverness
April – Local Election Launch in Derbyshire
April – Local Election Launch in Nottinghamshire    

March – Campaigning in Cornwall
March – PPF in Birmingham
March - Welsh Conference in Llundudno and Older Women’s Commission meeting
March – Brussels European Parliament visit 
March – Campaigning in Milton Keynes

Feb – Older Women’s Commission meeting in Durham       
Feb – Campaigning in Eastleigh  
Feb – LGA Cllrs conference in Nottingham   

January – South West regional Conference in Exeter
January – Glasgow

2012

December – Cardiff arts visit

November – Birmingham Richard Burden fundraiser, Redditch visit 
November – Campaigning in Bristol    
November – Campaigning in Croydon    
November – Campaigning in Corby    
November – Campaigning in Manchester Central   
November – Eastern Regional Conference in Norwich 
November – Campaigning in Rotherham  

October - Dartford fundraiser    
October – Lewisham fundraiser    
October – Harrow fundraiser    
October – Ilford South fundraiser   
October – Campaigning in Newcastle and visit to Wallsend boys club 

September – Campaigning in Corby     
September – Annual Labour Party conference in Manchester

August – Edinburgh Festival and TV festival     

June – Launching Police and Crime Commissioner elections in Cambridge
June – Campaigning in  Stoke-on-Trent    
June – Reading – Progress conference   
June – London – Fabian conference 

May- Campaigning in Harlow       
May – Campaigning for Mayoral elections in London 

April - Local election launch in Birmingham  
April – London – Westminster North   
April – Arts roundtable and campaigning in Exeter       
April – Campaigning in Crawley      
April – Women’s manifesto launch, Westminster 
April- Arts visit and campaigning in the Wirral       
April – Tower Hamlets fundraiser  
April – Campaigning in Sheffield 

March – LGA Culture Tourism and Sport visit in Cardiff  
March – LGA Labour Group Spring Conference   
March – Campaigning in New Cross   
March – TUC media Conference     
March – Bradford West visit   
March – Campaigning and sports visit in Derby    
March – Campaigning in Leeds  

February  – Manchester & Salford  arts and media visits      
February  – Southampton – South East regional conference 
February – Welsh Regional Conference in Cardiff  
February – Scotland – Glasgow    
February – Northern Regional Conference in Sunderland 
February – Annual gala dinner in Croydon  

2011

December – Mitcham and Morden CLP fundraising dinner
December – Bromley CLP Fundraiser
December – Fundraising dinner in Milton Keynes
December – Campaigning in Feltham and Heston

November – London GLA fundraising dinner
November – West Midlands regional conference in Coventry
November – Campaigning in Redbridge
November – Eastern Regional Conference in Peterborough

October – Colchester CLP dinner

September – Ealing and Hillingdon fundraising dinner
September – Lambeth and Southwark gala dinner

March - Nuneaton Council campaigning
March - Women against the cuts - TUC March for the Alternative, London
March - Council campaigning in York
March - Battersea CLP dinner
March - Oxford University Labour Club visit, and campaigning in Vale of White Horse council
March - Campaigning in Cardiff North
March - Vale of Glamorgan CLP dinner

February - South West regional conference, Plymouth
February - Welsh Regional Conference, Llandudno
February - Meeting with MEPs, Brussels

January - Campaigning in Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election

2010

December - Labour Party Women's Dinner, London

November - Hull CLP Dinner
November - London Labour Conference, Stratford
November -Derby Fundraising dinner
November - Eastern Regional Conference
November -Thousand Club Winter Reception, London

October - Campaigning in Tower Hamlets Mayoral election
October - Eltham CLP Fundraiser
October - Scottish Conference, Oban

September - Labour Party Annual Conference, Manchester

July - New members web chat
July - Campaigning, council by-elections, Barking
July - New Members Meeting, Stratford

June - Unite Conference
June - Brussels visit

May - Thirsk and Malton visit

March - Islington fundraiser
March - North East regional conference
March - Nuneaton campaigning
March - Sheffield

February - Barking
February - Brent
February - Eltham
February - South East Regional Conference
February - Campaigning in Swindon
February - Yorkshire and Humber Regional Conference
February - Barking Visit
February - Arts Centre and Campaigning Visit, Swindon
February - Visit to Eltham SureStart Centre
February - Leicester Brite Centre and SureStart visit

January - Quarterly Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) Meeting, London
January - Prospective Parliamentary Candidates Event, London
January - Hackney Labour Women's Forum, London
January - Labour Party Members Dinner, Brent
January - Labour Party Members Burns Supper, Edinburgh
January - Progressive London conference
January - Edinburgh Burns Night Dinner

2009

December - East Midlands Labour Party Members Awards Dinner, Nottingham
December - Labour Party Members Annual Christmas Dinner, Harlow

November - Harlow
November - Eastern Region conference, Stevenage
November - North West Regional Conference
November - Campaigning in Glasgow North East by election
November - Campaigning with OULC in Oxford
November - Labour Party By-Election campaigning, Glasgow North East
November - North-West Labour Party Regional Conference, Southport
November - Labour Party campaigning, West Lancashire
November - BNP Taskforce Meeting, London
November - East Midlands Labour Party Members meeting, Nottingham
November - Meeting with Young Labour, London
November - East of England Labour Party Regional Conference, Stevenage
November - Labour Party campaigning, Oxford
November - Oxford University Labour Party Dinner, Oxford
November - Labour Party By-Election campaigning, Glasgow North East

October - Visit to Cardiff North Constituency, Cardiff
October - Women's Race and Equality Meeting, London
October - Labour Party campaigning, Luton North
October - Labour Party Members Dinner, Ealing Southall
October - Quarterly Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) Meeting, London
October - Ealing Southall dinner

June - Labour Party Campaigning, Islington South
June - Luton

May - Labour Party Campaigning, Brixton
May - Labour Party Campaigning, Bassetlaw
May - Labour Party Campaigning, Newcastle
May - Labour Party Campaigning, Bristol
May - Surestart visit, Milton Keynes
May - BAME bus, London Lauch, Southall
May - Judith Hart Lecture, Scotland

April - Labour's Welsh Conference, Swansea
April - Campaigning in Amber Valley
April - Campaigning in Pendle
April - Labour's National Youth Event, Gillingham
April - Labour's Local Government Confernence, London
April - Labour's South East Regional Conference, Gillingham

March - Labour's Scottish Conference, Dundee
March - LGBT campaign launch, Soho, London
March - Paisley North campaign launch

February- Sheffield Regional Conference
February - Visit to the Brussels EPLP
February- Launch BAME campaign bus
February - Southampton Regional Cabinet and meeting with local party members
February - Bristol NPF & S West regional conference

January - Liverpool Cabinet + meeting with local Party members


2008

January - Gt Yarmouth meeting Party members and talking with voters
January - Lowestoft Party members and Q&A with Bob Blizzard MP
January - Edinburgh meeting Party members and talking with voters
January - Burns Night supper with Nigel Griffiths MP, local members and others

February  -Brussels Speech at The Centre to MEPs members and others
February - Llandudno, speech to Wales Labour Party Conference and speaking at Welsh Women's Summit
Feb - Stevenage Constituency Labour Party dinner with Barbara Follett MP
Feb - Birmingham Labour Party Spring Conference

March - Hastings Constituency Labour Party dinner with Mike Foster MP
March - Hove, South East Labour Party Conference
March - Stevenage Launch of local elections campaign with Prime Minister and Barbara Follett MP
March -Scotland Scottish Labour Conference

April - Southwark Campaigning for Ken Livingstone and Labour's Greater London Authority candidates 
April - Bolton and Oldham Campaigning with local government candidates
April - Tower Hamlets Campaigning with Greater London Authority candidates
April - Sheffield Campaigning with local government candidates 
April - Plymouth campaigning with local government candidates
April - Campaigning in Oxford East with Labour students and Andrew Smith MP
April - Nuneaton & Coventry campaigning with local government candidates

May - Crewe/Nantwich Campaign visit to by election

June - Henley Campaign visit to by election

July - Nottingham, East Midlands Labour Party Conference
July - Glasgow East Campaign visit for by election

September - Birmingham Cabinet meeting in West Midlands and Q&A with Local Party members
September - Basildon, meeting Party members and talking to voters with Angela Smith MP
September - Manchester Labour Party Annual Conference

October -Ramsgate Thanet South constituency Labour Party dinner with Steve Ladyman MP

November - St Austell, Cornwall - Labour Conference, with Ben Bradshaw and Labour's South West MPs and activists
November - Glenrothes Campaign visit to by election
November - Ipswich , Labour Party Regional Conference
November - London London Labour Party Biennial meeting
November - Southport, North West Regional Conference 
November - Leeds Cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and Q&A with party members

December - Portsmouth Constituency Labour Party dinner with Sarah McCarthy Fry MP
December - Gloucester Constituency Labour Party dinner with Parmjit Dhanda MP

2007

Gillingham, Rainham, Ramsgate
Bournemouth
Corby
Rugby
Durham
Reading
Crawley
Cardiff North
Wales LP Womens Forum

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