Shabana Mahmood
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Shabana Mahmood MP |
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| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Chris Leslie |
| Succeeded by | Seema Malhotra |
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Clare Short |
| Majority | 21,868 (60.9%) |
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17 September 1980 Small Heath, Birmingham, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | Official website |
Shabana Mahmood (Urdu: شبانہ محمود; born 17 September 1980) 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.
Mahmood was born and brought up in Birmingham and is the daughter of the Birmingham Labour Party's chairman. Her family roots are from Mirpur, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, as stated on her own personal webpage. She graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford, where she studied law and was the president of the Junior Common Room.
In the 2010 general election, Mahmood was elected for Birmingham Ladywood with a majority of 10,105. Along with Rushanara Ali and Yasmin Qureshi who were also elected in 2010, Mahmood became one of the UK's first female Muslim MPs.
In October 2010 Mahmood was appointed a Shadow Home Affairs Minister, later becoming a Shadow Business Minister in 2011 before moving to the shadow treasury team in 2013. Following the 2015 general election, Mahmood was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a shadow cabinet level role. In September 2015, Mahmood stepped down from the role.
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