Hamwee was educated at the Manchester High School for Girls, and Girton College, Cambridge, where she studied law.

[citation needed] The results of those elections saw the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats enter into a similar agreement as existed between Labour and Lib Dems previously.

She has also sat on committees examining adoption legislation, the Inquiries Act 2005 and the Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill.

She is also on the advisory board of Missing People, a Patron of PAC-UK post-adoption services and a Vice-President of the Town and Country Planning Association.

Previous positions include Chair of Refuge domestic violence charity, President of the Town and Country Planning Association, Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, board member of Parents for Children adoption agency and legal adviser to The Simon Community homelessness charity.