Nan Sloane is the Director of the Centre for Women and Democracy. She is Training Coordinator of the Labour Women's Network, a former Labour councillor and Regional Director of the Labour Party. She is currently a member of Fawcett Society's 'Does Local Government work for women' Commission. She is the author In Our Own Words: A Dictionary of Women's Political Quotations; A Great Act of Justice: The Flapper Election and After and lead author of Sex & Power 2014: Who Runs Britain?