Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell, the Labour (Co-op) MP for Manchester Central, is among the longest serving 25% of MPs and the longest serving 25% of Labour (Co-op) MPs, having been first elected in November 2012. She holds the current government post of Secretary of State for Education. In the current parliament, she has cast 436 votes from 626 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 70%, and has made 2332 debate contributions across 84 debates in which she participated, placing her in the bottom 25% of MPs by debate participation; her top debate topics have been Other/Procedural, Education & Skills, and Child Welfare & Safeguarding, while her top voting topics have been Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.

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PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

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