Kensington and Bayswater.

Powell has carved out a distinctive niche as one of Westminster's more active campaigners against financial crime. Since entering Parliament in 2024 he founded the Kensington Against Dirty Money campaign, has proposed concrete transparency reforms and greater National Crime Agency resources, and secured a Commons debate on London's contribution to the national economy. On housing, he launched a campaign targeting damp, mould and disrepair in his constituency -- invoking the shadow of Grenfell -- and has publicly pushed back against industry lobbying to weaken building safety reforms. These are the areas where his work has drawn the most attention. In voting, he is a 100% party-line supporter with no rebel votes on record.

His parliamentary participation sits at 74%, below the Commons average, though he has been active in debate -- 197 contributions across 119 debates, with economy and jobs, defence, local government, and housing dominating his speeches. His stance profile marks him as strongly aligned with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but notably low on pro-business positions (10%) and parliamentary scrutiny (16%). He voted in April 2026 to tighten asylum support rules and backed the government's reserve power over pension fund investment, both standard Labour positions.

Two deviations from his party average stand out: he scores higher than typical Labour MPs on public health votes (+21 percentage points), and lower on assisted dying safeguards and end-of-life autonomy. He holds no select committee seat, which limits his formal scrutiny role. News coverage over the past 90 days runs to 95 articles, concentrated on housing and transport -- including his campaign to modernise South Kensington station -- though average sentiment is broadly neutral.