Shabana Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Alex Chalk
Shadow cabinet positions 2015–2024 Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor In office 4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Steve Reed Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator In office 9 May 2021 – 4 September 2023 Deputy Conor McGinn (2021–2022) Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Angela Rayner Succeeded by Pat McFadden Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury In office 8 May 2015 – 14 September 2015 Leader Harriet Harman (Acting) Preceded by Chris Leslie Succeeded by Seema Malhotra
Junior shadow portfolios 2010–2015 Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office 7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Chris Leslie Succeeded by Alison McGovern Shadow Minister for Higher Education In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Iain Wright Succeeded by Liam Byrne Shadow Minister for Prisons In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Alan Duncan Succeeded by David Hanson
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Clare Short
Majority	28,582 (67.9%)
Personal details
Born	(1980-09-17) 17 September 1980 (age 44) Small Heath, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Lincoln College, Oxford
Website	Official website

Shabana Mahmood (born 17 September 1980) is a British politician and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood since 2010. She is currently serving as the Secretary of State for Justice since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has served in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice from September 2023 until July 2024. She previously served as Campaign Co-ordinator from 2021 to 2023, and briefly as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 2015.^[1]