Mowlam has this advice for other women who want to go into politics:

"I would do other things first. I think I'd say join a political party that you're interested in or a pressure group campaigning on something you're interested in, something you believe in and would like to see changed. So join and start being political but at the same time don't waste years trying to become an MP, you'd do much better as an MP - and I think be a happier person - if you did other things that you want. And if you do something else, you can keep trying the politics but you shouldn't make it your whole life. I think good politicians are ones that have many strings to their bow."