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Lucy Powell

Labour (Co-op) Manchester Central

Voting record

7
Voted for
0
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Lucy Powell’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 87%

How often Lucy Powell voted the same way as most of the Labour (Co-op) party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Lucy Powell currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Secretary of State for Education — Department for Education — since 2026-07-20 Government
Previously held
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2024-07-05 to 2025-09-05) Government
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2023-09-04 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2021-11-29 to 2023-09-04) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021-09-19 to 2021-11-29) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2021-05-09 to 2021-09-19) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) — Department for Business and Trade (2020-04-10 to 2021-05-09) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Education — Department for Education (2015-09-14 to 2016-06-26) Shadow
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office — Cabinet Office (2014-11-05 to 2015-09-14) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Education) — Department for Education (2013-10-07 to 2014-11-05) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Lucy Powell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Playscan Limited
Address of donor: 222 Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £50,000 donation made directly to the Labour Party for the provision of staff costs to support my role and office as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Donor status: company, registration 01966393
(Registered 22 January 2026)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Ecotricity Group Ltd
Address of donor: Lion House, Rowcroft, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3BY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 to my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 24 September 2025
Date accepted: 24 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03521776
(Registered 10 October 2025)

Name of donor: Martin Taylor
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Date received: 24 September 2025
Date accepted: 24 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 10 October 2025)

Name of donor: Sean Wadsworth
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 to my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 15 September 2025
Date accepted: 15 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 October 2025)

Name of donor: Theodore Caplan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 for my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Small Axe Communications Ltd
Address of donor: Office 1, The Warehouse, Anchor Quay, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8GZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In kind donation of staff time, for communications and administrative services in relation to my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. In addition to paid for services between 29 September 2025 and 24 October 2025, value £20,000
Date received: 29 September 2025 to 24 October 2025
Date accepted: 29 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07877552
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Ivy Business Centre Ltd
Address of donor: Ivy Mill Crown Street, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9BG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 for my campaign to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Date received: 10 October 2025
Date accepted: 10 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 08046145
(Registered 28 October 2025)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Ltd
Address of donor: Unit 4/4A, Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London N7 9AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets for me and a guest to the BRIT Awards, held in my constituency of Manchester Central and outside London for the first time in 50 years. The tickets included dinner and drinks, and an arena floor seat. These tickets were not available to buy and were by strict invitation only and extended to me as the constituency MP, value £5,016
Date received: 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 28 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01132389
(Registered 2 March 2026)

Name of donor: The Football League Ltd
Address of donor: Efl House, 10 - 12 West Cliff, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 Tickets (myself and a guest) to attend the Carabao Cup Final between Manchester City & Arsenal. The tickets included a hospitality lounge pass for the match, value £900
Date received: 22 March 2026
Date accepted: 22 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00080612
(Registered 23 March 2026)

Name of donor: The Football Association Ltd
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for me and a guest for the FA Cup Final match between Manchester City v Chelsea, value £580
Date received: 16 May 2026
Date accepted: 16 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 26 May 2026)

Name of donor: PRS for Music Limited
Address of donor: 1st Floor, Golding’s House, 2 Hays Lane, London SE1 2HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for me and a guest to attend a music concert, as a guest of PRS for Music at Wembley Stadium, value £858
Date received: 23 June 2026
Date accepted: 23 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03444246
(Registered 25 June 2026)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (a room in my London flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 1 June 2015
Rental income: from 1 June 2015
(Registered 4 September 2015)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: New Road Management
Nature of business: A property management company
Additional information: One sixth shareholder
(Registered 13 December 2012; updated 2 June 2015 and 13 May 2021)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Lucy Powell yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Lucy Powell has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£263,473.67 paid out to or for Lucy Powell across 122 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Lucy Powell’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £202,296.46 (5 claims)
Office Costs — £47,607.18 (112 claims)
MP Travel — £11,219.35 (2 claims)
Miscellaneous — £1,041.48 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £688.62 (1 claim)
Dependant Travel — £620.58 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Subletting — £0.00, 2026-03-26 — Sublet Rent
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £212.82, 2026-03-17 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £65.11, 2026-03-16 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £82.84, 2026-03-16 — Banner March 2026
Parking — £756.00, 2026-03-04 — [200013614-38]
Subletting — £0.00, 2026-02-26 — Sublet Rent
Subletting — £0.00, 2026-02-16 — Sublet Rent
Subletting — £0.00, 2026-01-30 — Sublet Rent

Every claim on file for Lucy Powell →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Lucy Powell — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Lucy Powell’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Lucy Powell isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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