Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood is a British politician and barrister who has been serving as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. She previously held various shadow junior ministerial and shadow cabinet positions under leaders Ed Miliband, Harriet Harman, and Keir Starmer between 2010 and 2024.
Some of the key events about Shabana Mahmood
- 2010Elected as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood
- 2010Appointed Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
- 2011Appointed to the Shadow Treasury team
- 2013Became Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
- 2015Re-elected as MP for Birmingham Ladywood
- 2015Appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- 2015Resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in protest at Labour's direction
- 2016Supported Owen Smith in the Labour leadership election against Jeremy Corbyn
- 2017Re-elected as MP for Birmingham Ladywood
- 2019Re-elected as MP for Birmingham Ladywood
- 2019Criticized for supporting a candidate accused of homophobia in a local election
- 2019Faced criticism for abstaining on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
- 2020Received backlash for comments about Kashmir that some viewed as divisive
- 2021Appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury again
- 2021Criticized for abstaining on a vote to increase National Insurance contributions
- 2022Promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
- 2022Faced controversy over comments about trans rights and women's spaces
- 2022Criticized for supporting changes to Labour's internal voting system
- 2023Received criticism for comments about immigration policy
- 2023Faced backlash for supporting tougher sentencing policies
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