1. Shabana Mahmood was elected as MP for Birmingham Ladywood, becoming one of the UK's first female Muslim MPs, along with Rushanara Ali and Yasmin Qureshi.
29 Facts About Shabana Mahmood
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Shabana Mahmood supported Owen Smith in the attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election.
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Shabana Mahmood was born on 17 September 1980 in Birmingham, the daughter of Zubaida and Mahmood Ahmed.
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Shabana Mahmood's parents are of Pakistani descent with roots in Mirpur, Kashmir.
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Shabana Mahmood's mother worked in a corner grocery shop that the family bought after returning to England.
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Shabana Mahmood's father became chair of the local Labour party, and as a teenager, Mahmood helped him with campaigning in local elections.
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Shabana Mahmood studied law at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, and was the president of the Junior Common Room.
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Shabana Mahmood graduated with an upper-second class degree in 2002.
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Shabana Mahmood graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Shabana Mahmood went on to complete the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in 2003, having received a scholarship from Gray's Inn.
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Shabana Mahmood is a qualified barrister, specialising in professional indemnity law, and worked at 12 King's Bench Walk from 2003 to 2004, and at Berrymans Lace Mawer from 2004 to 2007.
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The Labour Party was the Official Opposition, and Shabana Mahmood held various shadow cabinet front bench positions under new leader Ed Miliband, including Shadow Minister for Prisons, Shadow Minister for Higher Education, and Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
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In 2011, it was reported that Shabana Mahmood was on the list of people spied on by private investigator Derek Webb for the News of the World, which was seeking information about the people of most interest to their readers.
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Shabana Mahmood was a co-chair of the campaign to elect Yvette Cooper in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, and made a pledge to avoid negative briefing during the campaign.
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In September 2015, following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader, Shabana Mahmood stepped down from the role, saying she "strongly disagreed" with him on the economy.
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In January 2016, Shabana Mahmood was elected to represent the Parliamentary Labour Party on Labour's National Executive Committee, and was re-elected in July 2016.
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Shabana Mahmood supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Keir Starmer appointed Shabana Mahmood, seen as an ally of his, as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice in September 2023.
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Shabana Mahmood was replaced as campaign co-ordinator by Pat McFadden.
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Also that month, Shabana Mahmood was named by the New Statesman as the UK's twentieth most powerful left-wing figure.
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Shabana Mahmood had been challenged by independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob, whose campaign focused on support for Palestine.
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Shabana Mahmood stated that she expected that the number of prisoners to be released in September 2024 would be "in the low thousands", with further releases over the following 18 months with updates in parliament every three months.
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Shabana Mahmood remarked that the volume of cases relating to the riots would affect the UK's justice system for years.
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Shabana Mahmood says on her website that she is a passionate supporter of Palestinian rights.
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In 2014, Shabana Mahmood took part in a demonstration outside a branch of Sainsbury's in central Birmingham.
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Shabana Mahmood replied that she had never advocated for the exclusion of LGBT relationships from RSE lessons.
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Shabana Mahmood stated in October 2024 that she was opposed to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill on assisted dying.
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Shabana Mahmood said: 'I voted against the bill when it was last introduced in 2015.
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Shabana Mahmood was sworn into the Privy Council on 6 July 2024, entitling her to be styled "The Right Honourable".