Lucy Powell

**Lucy Maria Powell** (born 10 October 1974) 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 has been the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2025.

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.

Powell put her name forward as  a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party on 9 September 2025. She beat Bridget Phillipson on 25 October 2025, winning the election with 54.3% of the vote.

## Infobox (officeholder)

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- **office1**: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
- **term start1**: 4 September 2023
- **term end1**: 5 July 2024
- **leader1**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor1**: Thangam Debbonaire
- **successor1**: Chris Philp
- **office2**: Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- **term start2**: 29 November 2021
- **term end2**: 4 September 2023
- **leader2**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor2**: Jo Stevens
- **successor2**: Thangam Debbonaire
- **office3**: Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
- **term start3**: 9 May 2021
- **term end3**: 29 November 2021
- **leader3**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor3**: Thangam Debbonair
- **successor3**: Lisa Nandy
- **office4**: Shadow Secretary of State for Education
- **term start4**: 13 September 2015
- **term end4**: 27 June 2016
- **leader4**: Jeremy Corbyn
- **predecessor4**: Tristram Hunt
- **successor4**: Pat Glass


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office5**: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers
- **term start5**: 6 April 2020
- **term end5**: 9 May 2021
- **leader5**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor5**: Bill Esterson
- **successor5**: Seema Malhotra
- **office6**: Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
- **term start6**: 5 November 2014
- **term end6**: 14 September 2015
- **leader6**: Ed Miliband
- **predecessor6**: Michael Dugher
- **successor6**: Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest, Tom Watson
- **office7**: Department for Education, Shadow Minister for Childcare and Early Years
- **term start7**: 7 October 2013
- **term end7**: 5 November 2014
- **leader7**: Ed Miliband
- **predecessor7**: Sharon Hodgson
- **successor7**: Alison McGovern


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honorable Her Excellency
- **name**: Lucy Powell
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP
- **image**: Official portrait of Lucy Powell MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office**: Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
- **term start**: 25 October 2025
- **predecessor**: Angela Rayner
- **leader**: Keir Starmer
- **office1**: Leader of the House of Commons
 Lord President of the Council
- **primeminister1**: Keir Starmer
- **term start1**: 5 July 2024
- **term end1**: 5 September 2025
- **predecessor1**: Penny Mordaunt
- **successor1**: Alan Campbell (politician), Alan Campbell
- **office2**: Chair of the
Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons, Commons Modernisation Committee
- **term start2**: 9 September 2024
- **term end2**: 5 September 2025
- **predecessor2**: Office established
- **successor2**: Alan Campbell
- **office4**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Central
- **term start4**: 15 November 2012
- **predecessor4**: Tony Lloyd
- **majority4**: 13,797 (34.7%)
- **birth name**: Lucy Maria Powell
- **birth place**: Moss Side, Manchester, England
- **party**: Labour and Co-operative Party, Labour Co-op
- **spouse**: James Williamson
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Parrs Wood High School
Xaverian College
- **alma mater**: Somerville College, Oxford
King's College London
- **honorific prefix**: The Right Honourable