Jim McMahon (politician)
James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon OBE (born 7 July 1980) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has also served as Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.
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| Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 11,127 (25.0%) | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | jimmcmahon | ||||||||||||||||
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.
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