Kate Green was elected MP for Stretford and Urmston in May 2010. She was re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and joined Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet as shadow secretary of state for education in June 2020. Prior to her election, Kate was Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, and before that Director of the National Council for One Parent Families (now Gingerbread). She is a long standing advocate for families and children, and campaigner against poverty and inequality, serving as a member of the London Child Poverty Commission and the Greater Manchester Poverty Commission. She was previously a member of the National Employment Panel which advised Ministers on labour market policies. Kate was chair of the Fabian Society from 2016-18 and remains a member of its executive committee.