Jim McMahon (politician)
Jim McMahon | |||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Simon Hoare | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Oldham West and Royton (2015–2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 4,976 (12.9%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chair of the Co-operative Party | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chris Herries | ||||||||||||||||
| Leader of Oldham Council | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 May 2011 – 16 January 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Howard Sykes | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jean Stretton | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Oldham Council for Failsworth East | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 November 2003 – January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Charles Glover | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Paul Jaques | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon 7 July 1980 Miles Platting, Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour Co-op | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | jimmcmahon | ||||||||||||||||
James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon OBE (born 7 July 1980) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution since July 2024. A member of Labour Co-op, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015 and as the Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.
McMahon was a Councillor from 2003 to 2017, serving as Leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council from 2011 to 2016. He served in the shadow cabinet as Shadow Transport Secretary from 2020 to 2021, and Shadow Environment Secretary from 2021 to 2023.