She stood for the Labour Party in St Pancras North at the 1977 Greater London Council election, winning the seat.
She resigned from the council, then stood in a by-election under her new party label, retaining the seat.
She stood in Hampstead and Highgate at the 1983 and 1987 UK general elections, taking third place on each occasion.
[2] From 1989 until 1997, she served as the chief education officer of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Following her retirement, she founded the London Accord, which aimed to get businesses involved in the most disadvantaged schools, and also served on the Hackney Improvement Team.