 A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she is the second officeholder elected independently by the House of Representatives after predecessor Frans Weisglas.She served as a member of the House of Representatives from 26 July 2002 to 19 September 2012 and previously from 11 December 2001 until 22 May 2002.Verbeet attended the Gymnasium in Amsterdam and began a study in social geography, which she did not finish.