First elected as MP in 2005, Mary has been Labour’s shadow secretary of state for international development since November 2014. She is leading Labour’s campaign to re-establish the U.K. as a global leader in development, prioritizing the agreement of the sustainable development goals to drive forward development and eradicate extreme poverty in the next 15 years. Before Parliament, Mary taught entrepreneurship at Cranfield University’s School of Management and spent four years in Brussels working for an international NGO.