Several have become Council leaders or Cabinet members and others have gone on to take up leadership roles in trade unions, third sector organisations, public sector organisations and more.

However, the impact of the Scheme goes far further than public office - it has created an army of feminist change-makers, rattling cages and working towards equality in their communities, workplaces and local Labour parties.

You can read LWN former Chair, Abena Oppong-Asare MP, paying tribute to the impact of the Scheme and Jo's political legacy in the Commons, here;

Helen Whitehead from Cohort four, testimony: “It is no exaggeration to state that being selected for this programme changed my life. As an autistic woman, I still don’t fit in conventional politics, and I still don’t know exactly what my place is in the world – but this course showed me that I don’t have to fit and, in fact, that it’s rather important that I don’t.

“It showed me that the kind of politics I believe in is possible; that I have abilities and strengths that are important; and that it is worth every effort, and every struggle, to be able to use them.”

Or watch The Labour Party's video about the impact of the Jo Cox Women in Leadership Scheme from 2017, which features Preet Kaur Gill MP (cohort one).

Seyi Akiwowo, went on to found Glitch, an award-winning UK charity ending online abuse  and championing digital citizenship, which particular focus on Black women and marginalised people, and Bex Bailey, was named in Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for her role in the #MeToo movement, and went on to work for the BBC.