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Jim McMahon was born on 7 July, 1980 in Miles Platting, Manchester, England, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. Discover Jim McMahon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 7 July 1980
Birthday 7 July
Birthplace Miles Platting, Manchester, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1980

James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon (born 7 July 1980) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015.

1997

McMahon started work in 1997 as an apprentice technician at Manchester University, rising to become a senior technician before leaving in 2004.

He then joined local government service as a regeneration officer and latterly as a town centre manager.

2003

McMahon was a Councillor from 2003 to 2017, serving as Leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council from 2011 to 2016.

McMahon was first elected as a Member of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for Failsworth East in a by-election on 20 November 2003.

2008

He held various posts on Oldham Council before becoming the council's Labour group leader in 2008 after the Liberal Democrats won control of the authority.

2011

At the 2011 local elections, Labour re-gained control of the council and McMahon became its leader.

As council leader McMahon sat as one of the 11 members of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with responsibility for transport.

McMahon was the inaugural chairman of the Co-operative Council Innovation Network and served as the Labour leader of the Local Government Association.

McMahon was named the 6th most influential person in local government by The Local Government Chronicle ahead of senior government ministers.

2014

In August 2014, McMahon was elected to represent Labour councillors on the party's National Executive Committee (NEC).

In February 2014, McMahon was named "Council Leader of the Year" during the Councillor Achievement Awards hosted by the Local Government Information Unit.

He was credited with leading improvements in Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council having redesignated it as a Co-operative Council.

Also in 2014, University Centre Oldham conferred upon him Honorary Fellowship, as well as being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

2015

In the 2015 Labour leadership election, McMahon was reported to have supported Liz Kendall's leadership bid.

Kendall finished in last place out of the four candidates (Jeremy Corbyn won, followed next by Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper), receiving less than 5% of the vote.

McMahon won the selection to be Labour Party candidate at the 2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election following the death of incumbent Michael Meacher.

At the by-election held on 3 December 2015, McMahon was elected Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton, with 62% of the vote – an increase of seven percentage points since the 2015 general election.

At the by-election McMahon represented just the Labour Party rather than his later Labour and Co-operative Party affiliation.

He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party until being appointed to serve as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Devolution.

McMahon was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for "services to the community in Oldham", and was invested by Prince Charles, on 18 December 2015.

2016

In 2016, McMahon stood down as council leader and was replaced by his Deputy, Jean Stretton.

He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.

Following Keir Starmer's election as Leader of the Labour Party, McMahon was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.

On 29 November 2021, he was reshuffled to the role of shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs.

He has sat on Labour's National Executive Committee on behalf of the shadow frontbench.

He resigned his post on 4 September 2023 ahead of that day's shadow cabinet reshuffle, citing ill health.

2017

He resigned his council seat in 2017, triggering a by-election on 16 February 2017.

On being selected to present a Private Members Bill, McMahon moved the Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education) Bill 2017–19, which sought to extend the franchise across the United Kingdom to eligible voters aged 16 and 17.

The Bill included measures to introduce citizenship and the constitution education in schools.

The Bill was supported by MPs from all political parties represented in the House of Commons, with the exception of the DUP, with its supporters including then Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, then Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson, Conservative Party MP Peter Bottomley, then Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Jo Swinson, and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.

The Bill received its Second Reading in November 2017, but did not progress any further.

It led to the establishment of the cross party All Party Parliamentary Group on Votes at 16.

McMahon lives with Charlene Duerden in Failsworth.

They have two children.

2020

A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has also served as Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.

He served in the shadow cabinet as Shadow Transport Secretary from 2020 to 2021, and Shadow Environment Secretary from 2021 to 2023.

McMahon was born in Miles Platting, Manchester, to William McMahon, a lorry driver and Alicia O'Rourke (Breffni).

The family moved from Cheetham Hill when he was a child to Middleton, where he attended secondary school.

He left school at the age of sixteen.