About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Shabana Mahmood) represents you, and all of the people who live in Birmingham Ladywood, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Birmingham, Ladywood

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @ShabanaMahmood

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Shabana Mahmood campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Home Department
• Home Office
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Higher Education
• Students: Loans
• Revenue and Customs
• Buildings: Insulation
• Higher Education: Admissions

Currently held offices

• The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Justice ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• National campaign co-ordinator ( 9 May 2021 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 20 Apr 2021)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, International Trade Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) (26 Nov 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 8 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Treasury) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 8 May 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Riot Compensation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee (9 out of 10)

Recent appearances

• Written Ministerial Statements — Ministry of Justice: Management of the Prison Estate 18 Mar 2025

  This Government inherited a prison system on the verge of collapse, which would have left the courts unable to send offenders to prison and the police unable to arrest dangerous criminals. I took decisive action and implemented changes to the standard determinate sentence release point which provided essential but temporary relief to the system. When I updated parliament in July 2024, I was...

• Justice: Criminal Justice System Efficiency: Technology 11 Mar 2025

  This Government inherited an analogue justice system that has not kept pace with a digital world. Technology can and must transform the justice system. Since taking office, we have expanded the use of tagging; we are piloting new technology to automate manual work in the justice system; and I have launched a new unit, Justice AI, to further develop the use of artificial intelligence.

• Justice: Criminal Justice System Efficiency: Technology 11 Mar 2025

  My hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. We need to make sure that the whole justice system, including what happens in our criminal courts, is as efficient as it can be. That is why I have commissioned Sir Brian Leveson to conduct an independent review of the criminal courts. He will consider how to improve the courts’ efficiency, and we will report on that later in the year....

More of Shabana Mahmood’s recent appearances