The committee had cited the “disproportionate” value to the celebration of a mayoral election to switch Burnham when it blocked his bid to face within the Greater Manchester seat.
Powell was the one member of the NEC to vote in favour of Burnham.
But she advised Newscast she accepted “collective responsibility” for the choice due to the mayoral by-election concern.
Powell mentioned if Burnham had been allowed to face then “I think certainly the Greens wouldn’t have gone after the seat in the same way that they did”.
Now she mentioned the celebration wants to have a look at why Burnham is so standard in Greater Manchester, saying individuals “see in him someone who is on their side, someone who is delivering those Labour values and those Labour policies”.
“We have to draw on that, make use of Andy Burnham, but also… reflect on how we could do that better nationally and better as a government,” she mentioned.
“And I know from talking to Keir many, many times over recent weeks, before this by-election and since, that that is something he is very focused on doing.”
