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Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell

Labour MP for Manchester Central

The Rt Hon Lucy Powell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Manchester Central, and has been an MP continually since 15 November 2012.

Message

Seat status

Very safe

Majority size

13,797

Recent swing

-14.6% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Playscan Limited (£50,000)

Small Axe Communications Ltd (£20,000)

Ecotricity Group Ltd (£15,000)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Lucy voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Lucy voted with the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Lucy voted with the majority

Where Lucy fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell

Member of Parliament

Manchester Central

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

No current committee memberships