Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yvette Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alex Chalk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | David Lammy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Clare Short | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 3,421 (9.4%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 September 1980 Small Heath, Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shabana Mahmood (born 17 September 1980) is a British politician and barrister who is the Home Secretary since 2025. She has also been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. She was the Secretary of State for Justice from 2024 until 2025. A member of the Labour Party, she has served in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice from September 2023 until July 2024. She previously served as Campaign Co-ordinator from 2021 to 2023, and briefly as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2015.[2]
References
- ↑ "Results for a UK general election on 4 July 2024: England - by majority". UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ Adetunji, Jo; Tran, Mark (2010-05-07). "General election 2010: first female Muslim MPs elected". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-08.