US EditionLucy Powell wins Labour deputy leadership election
- Lucy Powell won the deputy leadership, marking a huge comeback after she was sacked as Commons leader in last month's reshuffle, dealing a blow to Keir Starmer's leadership.
- Labour members voted for change by backing Powell over Bridget Phillipson, while Powell campaigned for readmitting suspended MPs and rapid policy shifts on two child benefit and Budget fairness.
- Vote tallies show Lucy Powell beat Bridget Phillipson by 87,407 to 73,576, although turnout was only 16.6 per cent.
- The outcome intensifies pressure on Sir Keir as Labour MPs discuss replacing him if elections go poorly next May, with Labour polling at 19 per cent while the Green Party rises three points to 12 per cent in a Techne UK poll.
- Recent defeats include losing Caerphilly seat after more than a century, while the grooming gang inquiry faces board resignations and chair withdrawal, and the returns deal to France was set back by one returnee on a small boat.
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New Labour deputy leader urges party not to shift right
Fresh from her election victory, Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell has declared the party must offer people hope and a stronger sense of purpose. And she warned against any shift to the right, saying Labour could not “out-Reform Reform”. It follows a challenging political week for Sir Keir Starmer.
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WTVBUK Labour Party elects deputy leader who urges more focus on left-wing values
Britain's governing Labour Party on Saturday said Lucy Powell had won a vote of members to become the party's deputy leader, a victory for a candidate whom Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacked as a government minister last month. Powell defeated education minister Bridget Phillipson by a 54-46 margin on a low 17% turnout, and called on Starmer to stop courting voters tempted by right-wing immigration policies and instead focus on bolstering left-w…
Wanting to overtake the populists of Reform UK on the right is the wrong way for Labour, says Lucy Powell. Now the party has made them vice-chief.
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