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Lucy Powell has said it is a ‘huge privilege’ to be elected as the Labour Party ’s Deputy leader.

The Manchester Central MP defeated Education secretary Bridget Phillipson in a vote among party members, with the result announced this morning (October 25).

The deputy leadership election comes after the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne , Angela Rayner, resigned following a tax scandal.

Ms Powell received 87,407 votes from the Labour Party membership and affiliates while Ms Phillipson received 73,536 votes but the turnout was just 16.6%, reports the Mirror .

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This resulted in Powell winning the contest with 54 per cent of the vote, with Ms Philipson taking 46 per cent of the vote. Manchester-born Ms Powell campa

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