Lucy Powell won the Labour deputy leadership contest with 54% of the vote, defeating Bridget Phillipson who took a 46% share.The new deputy leader said: “We have to offer hope, to offer the big change the country is crying out for.“We must give a stronger sense of our purpose, whose side we are on and of our Labour values and beliefs.”She said that “people feel that this Government is not being bold enough in delivering the kind of change we promised”.
