As a relatively young woman – Im 33 – I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when Im elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week. – Lucy Powell
Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster. – Lucy Powell