 She was also elected to the London County Council in 1946, representing St Pancras North, and continued to served on its successor, the Greater London Council.She served as a member of the Stevenage Development Corporation (Stevenage became a new town following the New Towns Act 1946) from 1950.She became its chair and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966, continuing as chair until the Corporation was dissolved in 1980.