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Lucy Powell

Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP

Labour (Co-op) · Manchester Central · M40 1RT

Key facts

Party Labour (Co-op) (Lab)
ConstituencyManchester Central
First elected15 November 2012
ResultLab Hold
GenderF
Emailcontact@lucypowell.org.uk
Phone020 7219 4402
Websitehttp://lucypowell.org.uk/

Election results

Results for Manchester Central at the most recent general election.

Lucy Powell
Labour 20184 50.8%
Ekua Bayunu
Green Party 6387 16.1%
David Brown
Reform UK 4760 12.0%
Chris Northwood
Liberal Democrat 3051 7.7%
Scott Smith
Conservative 2823 7.1%
Parham Hashemi
Workers Party of Britain 1888 4.8%
Sebastian Moore
Social Democratic Party 240 0.6%
Sabeena Khan
Independent 202 0.5%
Caitriona Rylance
Communist Future 131 0.3%
Albati Kalonda
Independent 59 0.1%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 5 July 2024 5 September 2025

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 4 September 2023 30 May 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 29 November 2021 4 September 2023
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing 19 September 2021 29 November 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing 9 May 2021 19 September 2021
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) 10 April 2020 9 May 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Education 14 September 2015 26 June 2016
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office 5 November 2014 14 September 2015
Shadow Minister (Education) 7 October 2013 5 November 2014

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Transport Committee 26 November 2012 4 November 2013
Education Committee 2 March 2020 11 May 2020
Education Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
House of Commons Commission 4 September 2023 5 September 2025
Members Estimate Committee 5 July 2024 5 September 2025
Members Estimate Committee 4 September 2023 30 May 2024
Restoration and Renewal Programme Board 4 September 2023 5 September 2025
Restoration and Renewal Client Board 5 September 2023 30 May 2024
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 20 November 2024 5 September 2025
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 18 October 2023 30 May 2024
Modernisation Committee 9 September 2024 9 September 2025
Public Accounts Commission 17 December 2024 5 September 2025

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Manchester Central Present
Manchester Central Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 15 November 2012 Present