Official portrait of Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell

Labour (Co-op) MP for Manchester Central, since 15 November 2012

Secretary of State for Education

The Rt Hon Lucy Powell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Manchester Central, and has been an MP continually since 15 November 2012. She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Education.

Scorecard

67.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
390 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
185 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
14 Interests declared 8 at £5,000 or more
459 Debates spoken in 993 written questions tabled

Ranked 406 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Aye 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 No vote 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No vote 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading No vote 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No vote 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 No vote 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 No vote 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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

£50,000

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)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

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

£6,000

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)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

£20,000

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)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

£10,000

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£5,000

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£10,000

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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

£15,000

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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

On the register since 30 Jun 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)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

£5,016

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)

On the register since 8 Apr 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)

On the register since 8 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Sky UK Limited
Address of donor: Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality at The Oval to watch the England v India cricket Test Match, value £432
Date received: 3 August 2025
Date accepted: 3 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 2906991
(Registered 28 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

459 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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