Shabana Mahmood
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Shabana Mahmood is a British
Labour Party
politician
and barrister
, who has been the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Birmingham, Ladywood since the May 2010 general election.
and is the daughter of the Birmingham Labour Party's chairman. Her family roots are in Jhelum
, Pakistan
. She graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford
, where she was president of the Junior Common Room.
and Yasmin Qureshi
, elected at the same time, are Britain
's first female Muslim
MPs.
She supported Ed Miliband
in the Labour leadership election. She became a Shadow Home Office
Minister in 2010 and has been swiftly promoted to Shadow Minister of State
for Universities and Science.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician
Politician
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and barrister
Barrister
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, who has been the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Birmingham, Ladywood since the May 2010 general election.
Early life
Mahmood was born and raised in BirminghamBirmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
and is the daughter of the Birmingham Labour Party's chairman. Her family roots are in Jhelum
Jhelum
Jhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. She graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
, where she was president of the Junior Common Room.
Parliamentary career
Mahmood, Rushanara AliRushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali is a British Labour Party politician and Associate Director of the Young Foundation, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow since 2010...
and Yasmin Qureshi
Yasmin Qureshi
Yasmin Qureshi is a British-Pakistani Labour Party politician and a barrister practicing criminal law. She was elected as the Member of Parliament for Bolton South East in the May 2010 general election.-Early life:...
, elected at the same time, are Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's first female Muslim
Islam
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MPs.
She supported Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
in the Labour leadership election. She became a Shadow Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
Minister in 2010 and has been swiftly promoted to Shadow Minister of State
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...
for Universities and Science.
External links
- Shabana Mahmood MP Official constituency website