1. Lucy Maria Powell was born on 10 October 1974 and is a British politician who has served as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since July 2024.
26 Facts About Lucy Powell
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Lucy Powell was a shadow Cabinet Office minister and vice-chair for the 2015 general election campaign.
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Lucy Powell was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education in September 2015, but resigned in June 2016.
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Lucy Powell served as Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers from April 2020 to May 2021, and Shadow Secretary of State for Housing from May to November 2021.
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Lucy Powell served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2023 to May 2024.
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Lucy Powell was born on 10 October 1974 in Moss Side.
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Lucy Powell attended Beaver Road Primary School and Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury, and then studied A-levels at Xaverian College.
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Lucy Powell studied chemistry at the University of Oxford where she was an undergraduate student at Somerville College, Oxford, and then King's College London.
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Lucy Powell joined the pro-Euro and pro-EU Treaty pressure group Britain in Europe, originally in a public relations role and later as head of regional campaigning.
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Lucy Powell replaced Simon Buckby as Campaign Director of BiE.
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From May 2010 to September 2010 Lucy Powell managed Ed Miliband's successful campaign for the Labour Party leadership.
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Lucy Powell then served as Ed Miliband's acting and later deputy chief of staff from September 2010 to April 2012.
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Lucy Powell was selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Manchester Withington in April 2007.
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Lucy Powell first joined the opposition front-bench in October 2013 as Shadow Childcare and Early Years Minister, and entered the Shadow Cabinet in November 2014 as Shadow Cabinet Office Minister.
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Lucy Powell was appointed vice-chair of the 2015 general election campaign by Ed Miliband, in which Labour suffered a net loss of 26 seats, including a net loss of 40 seats in Scotland.
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Lucy Powell was responsible for Ed Miliband's interview with Russell Brand, described as a PR blunder.
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On 13 September 2015, Lucy Powell was appointed as Shadow Education Secretary by Jeremy Corbyn, succeeding Tristram Hunt.
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Lucy Powell resigned from the Shadow Cabinet on 26 June 2016, along with dozens of shadow cabinet colleagues unhappy with Corbyn's leadership.
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Lucy Powell supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
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In September 2018, Lucy Powell introduced legislation in the House of Commons to ban secret, private, invite-only groups on Facebook and hold moderators legally responsible for hate speech or defamation on forums.
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Lucy Powell is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.
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On 9 April 2020, Lucy Powell rejoined the Labour front bench when she was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers by new party leader Keir Starmer.
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Whilst in this post, Lucy Powell described herself as a "tech optimist".
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Lucy Powell was sworn of the Privy Council on 6 July 2024, entitling her to be styled "The Right Honourable".
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In 2021, Lucy Powell was named as one of 115 landlord Members of Parliament.
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Lucy Powell described her response as "defensive", saying she fails "to see a conflict between rent extraction during a housing crisis and the interests of her constituents".