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MP Lucy Powell responds to 'lazy MP' Sun newspaper list MP Lucy Powell responds to 'lazy MP' Sun newspaper list
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An MP says she is "appalled" by being listed in a newspaper's "Top 10 laziest MPs" list based on her voting record while she was on maternity leave. An MP says she is "appalled" she was listed in a newspaper's "Top 10 laziest MPs" list that was based on her voting record while she took maternity leave.
Lucy Powell, Labour MP for Manchester Central, was featured in the The Sun list, which was compiled "in terms of turning up to vote in the Commons". Lucy Powell, Labour MP for Manchester Central, featured in the The Sun's list, which was compiled "in terms of turning up to vote in the Commons".
The 39-year-old MP said "nothing could be further from the truth" as she continued to work while expecting but did not go to London to vote.The 39-year-old MP said "nothing could be further from the truth" as she continued to work while expecting but did not go to London to vote.
The Sun has tweeted an apology.The Sun has tweeted an apology.
The newspaper said the online version of the story had been removed and the article was under review.The newspaper said the online version of the story had been removed and the article was under review.
Ms Powell said she noticed she was on the list when she "started to get texts and Twitter messages this morning".Ms Powell said she noticed she was on the list when she "started to get texts and Twitter messages this morning".
She said: "On further investigation I realised they had based their analysis on my voting record.She said: "On further investigation I realised they had based their analysis on my voting record.
"Of course, I've had a few months off from Parliament this year because I've been on maternity leave and I've had a baby."Of course, I've had a few months off from Parliament this year because I've been on maternity leave and I've had a baby.
"While I was having a baby I was still doing all of my constituency case work and lots of other aspects of my job, I just wasn't going down to London to actually vote because I had been paired.""While I was having a baby I was still doing all of my constituency case work and lots of other aspects of my job, I just wasn't going down to London to actually vote because I had been paired."
'Poor research''Poor research'
Pairing is an arrangement between two MPs of opposing parties that allows them, with the agreement of the whips, to miss votes in the House.Pairing is an arrangement between two MPs of opposing parties that allows them, with the agreement of the whips, to miss votes in the House.
Mrs Powell added: "It's not a measure anyway of how effective you are as an MP, but in my case what made it worse is I was an MP having a baby. Ms Powell added: "It [a voting record] is not a measure anyway of how effective you are as an MP, but in my case what made it worse is I was an MP having a baby.
"The fact that they couldn't take this into account just shows what a poor piece of research it really was.""The fact that they couldn't take this into account just shows what a poor piece of research it really was."
The MP said she acknowledged the apology from The Sun but has called for "a full apology in print in the newspaper".The MP said she acknowledged the apology from The Sun but has called for "a full apology in print in the newspaper".
She became the first Labour woman to be elected in the city of Manchester, when she won the contest for Manchester Central in November last year. Ms Powell became the first Labour woman to be elected in the city of Manchester, when she won the Manchester Central by-election in November last year.
The following month she announced she was pregnant and gave birth to her son Tom in May.The following month she announced she was pregnant and gave birth to her son Tom in May.