Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell MP | |||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council | |||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Penny Mordaunt | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alan Campbell | ||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Commons Modernisation Committee | |||||||||||||||
| In office 9 September 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Manchester Central | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 15 November 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tony Lloyd | ||||||||||||||
| Majority | 13,797 (34.7%) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Lucy Maria Powell 10 October 1974 Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour Co-op | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | James Williamson | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Parrs Wood High School Xaverian College | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford King's College London | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
Lucy Maria Powell (born 10 October 1974)[1] is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and Member of Parliament for Manchester Central in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
She was first elected at the Manchester Central by-election in November 2012. In September 2015 she was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet, but resigned in June 2016.
In the aftermath of the Labour Party’s landslide victory in 2024 general election, Powell was appointed the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council by the new Prime Minister Keir Starmer on 5 July.[2]
Powell put her name forward as a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party on 9 September 2025.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Next Generation: Parliamentary Candidates to Watch" (PDF). Insight Public Affairs. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "Who's in Keir Starmer's new cabinet?". BBC News. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
- ↑ Crerar, Pippa (9 September 2025). "Phillipson the frontrunner as six female Labour MPs enter deputy leader race". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2025.