Jim McMahon (politician)
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Cllr Jim McMahon OBE FRSA MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Local Government & Devolution | |
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Assumed office 10 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
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Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton |
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Assumed office 4 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Meacher |
| Majority | 10,722 (38.7%) |
| Leader of the council, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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In office 5 May 2011 – 16 January 2016 |
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| Deputy | Jean Stretton |
| Preceded by | Howard Sykes |
| Succeeded by | Jean Stretton |
| Councillor for Failsworth East, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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Assumed office 21 November 2003 |
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| Leader | Jean Stretton |
| Preceded by | Graeme Currie |
| Majority | 1,453 (30.7%) |
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7 July 1980 Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Charlene Duerden |
| Children | 2 |
James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon OBE FRSA (born 7 July 1980) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who is MP for Oldham West and Royton, having won the seat at a by-election in December 2015. He has been a councillor since 2003 and served as leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
McMahon was born in Miles Platting, Manchester, to William McMahon and Alicia O'Rourke (Breffni) . His father was a truck driver. The family moved from Cheetham Hill when he was a child to Middleton, where he attended secondary school. He left school at the age of 16.
McMahon started work in 1997 as an apprentice technician at Manchester University rising to become a senior technician before leaving in 2004. He then joined local government service as a regeneration officer and latterly as a town centre manager.
McMahon was first elected to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in November 2003 as a Labour councillor for Failsworth East ward. He held various posts on Oldham Council before becoming the council's Labour group leader in 2008 after the Liberal Democrats won control of the authority. At the 2011 local elections, Labour re-gained control of the council and McMahon became its leader. As council leader McMahon sat as one of the 11 members of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with responsibility for transport.
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