About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Afzal Khan) represents you, and all of the people who live in Manchester Rusholme, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Manchester Rusholme

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Also represented Manchester, Gorton

Social Media

• @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social
• @Afzal4Gorton
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Members: Correspondence
• Immigration: Windrush Generation
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Immigrants: Detainees

Currently held offices

• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (since 13 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Exports) ( 7 Sep 2023 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 7 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 10 Apr 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Hugh Hutchinson
• Frederick Cundiff
• Edmund Radford
• Frank Merriman
• Charles Masterman
• John Thorpe
• Robert Stoker

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee (32 out of 32)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Non-stun Slaughter of Animals — [Peter Dowd in the Chair] 9 Jun 2025

  Even the British Veterinary Association has suggested a permit system for non-stun allowances—for halal and kosher demands—not a blanket ban. Does my hon. Friend recognise that debates such as this can feed division rather than unity? With religious hate crimes against British Muslims rising by 13% last year alone, and many feeling increasingly marginalised by political discourse, does...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Beverage Containers: Recycling 9 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of recycling rates for (a) plastic, (b) metal and (c) glass beverage containers.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Beverage Containers: Recycling 9 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the recycling rate of glass beverage containers.

More of Afzal Khan’s recent appearances

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