Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell

MP
Lucy Powell; MP
	Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 September 2023
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Thangam Debbonaire
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	In office; 29 November 2021 – 4 September 2023
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Jo Stevens
Succeeded by	Thangam Debbonaire
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
	In office; 9 May 2021 – 29 November 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Thangam Debbonaire
Succeeded by	Lisa Nandy
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
	In office; 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Tristram Hunt
Succeeded by	Pat Glass
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
	In office; 5 November 2014 – 13 September 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband; Harriet Harman (acting)
Preceded by	Michael Dugher
Succeeded by	Tom Watson
Leader
Junior shadow portfolios
Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers
	In office; 9 April 2020 – 9 May 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Bill Esterson
Succeeded by	Seema Malhotra
Shadow Minister for Childcare and Early Years
	In office; 7 October 2013 – 5 November 2014
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Sharon Hodgson
Succeeded by	Alison McGovern (Children and Families)
Member of Parliament; for Manchester Central
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 November 2012
Preceded by	Tony Lloyd
Majority	29,089 (55.6%)
Personal details
Born	Lucy Maria Powell; 10 October 1974 (age 49); Manchester, England
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Spouse(s)	James Williamson
Children	2
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford; King's College London
Website	www.lucypowell.org.uk

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.

Notes[change | change source]

↑ As Shadow Secretary for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities.

References[change | change source]

↑ "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.

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[1] As Shadow Secretary for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities.

[2] "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.

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