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			'''James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (born 7 July 1980) is a British politician who has served as ] since July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 \|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 \|access-date=2024-07-06 \|website=GOV.UK \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Minister of State (Minister for Local Government and English Devolution) - GOV.UK \|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--173 \|access-date=2024-08-16 \|website=www.gov.uk \|language=en}}</ref> A member of ], he has served as ] (MP) for ] since 2015 and as the Chair of the ] since 2020.

			McMahon was a Councillor from 2003 to 2017, serving as ] of ] from 2011 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/624160/Nigel-Farage-John-Bickley-Jim-McMahon-Ukip-Labour-Oldham-West-Royton\|title='Democracy is dead' say UKIP as Labour take 100% of postal votes surge in one area\|first=Tom Parfitt and Laura\|last=Mowat\|date=5 December 2015}}</ref> He served in the ] as ] from 2020 to 2021, and ] from 2021 to 2023.<ref>{{cite news \|date=6 April 2020 \|title=Keir Starmer appoints Shadow Cabinet \|url=https://labour.org.uk/press/keir-starmer-appoints-shadow-cabinet/ \|access-date=6 April 2020 \|work=The Labour Party}}</ref>
	'''James "Jim" McMahon''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|OBE\|FRSA}} (born 7 July 1980) is a British ] politician who is ] for ], having won the seat at a ] in December 2015. He is also ] of ].

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	McMahon was born in ], ], to ] ~~parents~~ of ~~Irish~~ ~~descent.~~ ~~His~~ ~~father, William, was a truck driver~~.<ref name="one">{{cite news\|last1=Eaton\|first1=George\|title=Why Labour's Oldham by-election candidate Jim McMahon is one to watch\|url = http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/11/why-labours-oldham-election-candidate-jim-mcmahon-one-watch\|~~accessdate~~ = 6 November 2015\|work = New Statesman\|date = 6 November 2015}}</ref> The family moved from ] when he was a child to ], where he attended secondary school.<ref>, jimmcmahon.co.uk; accessed 30 November 2015.</ref> He left school at the age of 16.<ref name=one/>		McMahon was born in ], ], to William McMahon, a lorry driver and Alicia O'Rourke (Breffni).<ref name="one">{{cite news\|last1=Eaton\|first1=George\|title=Why Labour's Oldham by-election candidate Jim McMahon is one to watch\|url = http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/11/why-labours-oldham-election-candidate-jim-mcmahon-one-watch\|access-date = 6 November 2015\|work = New Statesman\|date = 6 November 2015}}</ref> The family moved from ] when he was a child to ], where he attended ].<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003448/http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|date=7 November 2017 }}, jimmcmahon.co.uk; accessed 30 November 2015.</ref> He left school at the age of sixteen.<ref name=one/>

	==Professional career==		==Professional career==
	McMahon started work in 1997 as an apprentice technician at ] rising to become a ] before leaving in 2004. He then joined local government service as a ] and latterly as a town centre manager.<ref name="official">, JimMcMahon.co.uk; retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref><ref>, '']''; retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref>		McMahon started work in 1997 as an apprentice technician at ], rising to become a ] before leaving in 2004. He then joined local government service as a ] and latterly as a town centre manager.<ref name="official">, JimMcMahon.co.uk; retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref><ref>, '']''; retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref>

	In 2013, McMahon quit his job to focus full-time on being council leader.<ref>, '']'', 18 April 2010; retrieved 15 June 2014.</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
			===Local government===
	McMahon was first elected to ] in November 2003 as a Labour councillor for Failsworth East ward. He held various posts on Oldham Council before becoming the council's Labour group leader in 2008 after the ] won control of the authority. At the ], Labour re-gained control of the council and McMahon became its leader.<ref>, '']'', 6 May 2011; retrieved 17 June 2014.</ref> McMahon currently sits as one of the 11 members of the ] with responsibility for transport.<ref name=gmca/>
			]

			McMahon was first elected as a Member of ] for ] East in a by-election on 20 November 2003. He held various posts on Oldham Council before becoming the council's Labour group leader in 2008 after the ] won control of the authority. At the ], Labour re-gained control of the council and McMahon became its leader.<ref>, '']'', 6 May 2011; retrieved 17 June 2014.</ref> As council leader McMahon sat as one of the 11 members of the ] with responsibility for transport.<ref name=gmca/>
	McMahon was the inaugural ] of the Co-operative Council Innovation Network and is the current ] leader of the ];<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/what_the_locals_really_think_of_oldham_1_4026048 \|title=What the locals really think of Oldham - Places \|publisher=Lancashire Life \|date= \|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref> some in his party claim that his position is one of the most senior positions in UK local government.<ref>, '']'', Manchester, 14 June 2014. Retrieved on 17 June 2014.</ref> McMahon was named the 6th most influential person in local government by ''The ]'' ahead of senior ].<ref>, '']'', 3 December 2014; retrieved 29 December 2014.</ref>

			McMahon was the inaugural chairman of the Co-operative Council Innovation Network and served as the ] leader of the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/what_the_locals_really_think_of_oldham_1_4026048 \|title=What the locals really think of Oldham – Places \|publisher=Lancashire Life \|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> McMahon was named the 6th most influential person in local government by ''The ]'' ahead of senior ].<ref>, '']'', 3 December 2014; retrieved 29 December 2014.</ref>
	In August 2014, McMahon was elected to represent Labour councillors on the party's ] (NEC).<ref name=gmca>{{cite web\|title=Leader Jim McMahon OBE\|url=https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/councillors/5/jim_mc_mahon_obe\|website=Greater Manchester Combined Authority\|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref><ref>, '']'', 6 May 2011; retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref>

			In August 2014, McMahon was elected to represent Labour councillors on the party's ] (NEC).<ref name=gmca>{{cite web\|title=Leader Jim McMahon OBE\|url=https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/councillors/5/jim_mc_mahon_obe\|website=Greater Manchester Combined Authority\|access-date=7 November 2015\|archive-date=8 December 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208120839/https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/councillors/5/jim_mc_mahon_obe\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715211723/http://www.labour.org.uk/pages/labours-national-executive-committee1 \|date=15 July 2015 }}, '']'', 6 May 2011; retrieved 27 January 2015.</ref>
	In the ], McMahon supported ]'s bid to be leader. Kendall came last of four candidates with less than 5% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Eaton \|first=George \|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/11/why-labours-oldham-election-candidate-jim-mcmahon-one-watch \|title=Why Labour's Oldham by-election candidate Jim McMahon is one to watch \|website=Newstatesman.com \|date=2015-11-06 \|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref>

			In the ], McMahon was reported to have supported ]'s leadership bid. <ref>{{cite web\|last=Eaton \|first=George \|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/11/why-labours-oldham-election-candidate-jim-mcmahon-one-watch \|title=Why Labour's Oldham by-election candidate Jim McMahon is one to watch \|website=Newstatesman.com \|date=6 November 2015 \|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref>

			In 2016, McMahon stood down as council leader and was replaced by his Deputy, Jean Stretton.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-35333780\|title=First woman leader for Oldham Council\|work=BBC News\|date=9 August 2018}}</ref> He resigned his council seat in 2017, triggering a by-election on 16 February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=MP steps down as councillor\|url=https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/101470/mp-steps-down-as-councillor\|access-date=2021-02-15\|website=www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Election results for Failsworth East, 16 February 2017\|url=https://committees.oldham.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=189&RPID=15286787\|access-date=2021-02-15\|website=committees.oldham.gov.uk}}</ref>

	===Parliament===		===Parliament===
	McMahon won the selection to be Labour Party candidate at the ] following the death of incumbent ]. At the ~~selection meeting~~ held on 5 ~~November~~ 2015, McMahon ~~reportedly~~ ~~polled~~ ~~232~~ ~~votes~~ to ~~his~~ ~~main~~ ~~opponent~~ ~~Mohammed~~ ~~Azam's~~ ~~141~~ in the ~~final~~ ~~round~~ of ~~voting~~.<ref ~~name=pick~~>{{cite news~~\|last1=Bloom\|first1=Dan~~\|title=Labour ~~picks trucker's son Jim McMahon to fight~~ Oldham West ~~and Royton~~ by-election\|url=~~http~~://www.~~mirror~~.co.uk/news/uk-~~news/labour~~-~~picks~~-~~truckers-son-jim-6780168\|accessdate=6 November 2015\|work=The Mirror\|~~date=6 ~~November~~ 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=~~Jim~~ ~~McMahon~~ ~~selected~~ in Oldham ~~West~~\|url=~~http~~://~~labourlist~~.org/~~2015~~/11/~~jim-mcmahon-selected-in-~~oldham-~~west-and-royton~~\|~~website~~=~~Labour~~ ~~List\|accessdate=5~~ ~~November 2015~~}}</ref>		McMahon won the selection to be ] candidate at the ] following the death of incumbent ].<ref name="pidd">{{Cite news\|last=Pidd\|first=Helen\|date=2015-12-04\|title=Jeremy Corbyn hails 'vote of confidence' after Labour win Oldham byelection\|language=en-GB\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/04/labour-sweep-to-conclusive-victory-in-oldham-byelection\|access-date=2021-02-10\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> At the by-election held on 3 December 2015, McMahon was elected ] for ], with 62% of the vote – an increase of seven percentage points since the ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Labour wins Oldham West by-election\|work=BBC News\|date=4 December 2015\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35003152\|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> At the by-election McMahon represented just the Labour Party rather than his later Labour and Co-operative Party affiliation.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200960/oldham_west_and_royton_parliamentary_by-election_results\|title=Oldham West and Royton: Parliamentary By-Election Results\|publisher=]\|access-date=4 December 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092408/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200960/oldham_west_and_royton_parliamentary_by-election_results\|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

			He served as ] to the ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://labourlist.org/2016/01/national-executive-committee-report-26th-january-2016/\|title=National Executive Committee Report – 26th January 2016\|publisher=Labourlist\|date=26 January 2016\|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> until being appointed to serve as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Devolution.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/whos-in-the-shadow-cabinet-12000902\|title=The Greater Manchester MPs who quit Jeremy Corbyn's top team – but are now back\|publisher=Manchester Evening News \|date=9 October 2016\|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> He supported ] in the failed attempt to replace ] in the ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/\|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith\|date=2016-07-21\|website=LabourList\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>

			Following ]'s election as Leader of the Labour Party, McMahon was appointed ]. On 29 November 2021, he was reshuffled to the role of ]. He has sat on Labour's ] on behalf of the shadow frontbench.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Who's on the NEC? \|url=https://labour.org.uk/about/how-we-work/national-executive-committee/whos-on-the-nec/ \|access-date=2021-02-10 \|website=The Labour Party}}</ref> He resigned his post on 4 September 2023 ahead of that day's ], citing ill health,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Filfield \|first=Jack \|date=4 September 2023 \|title=Oldham MP Jim McMahon leaves shadow cabinet before reshuffle \|work=The Oldham Times \|url=https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/23765490.oldham-mp-jim-mcmahon-leaves-shadow-cabinet-reshuffle/ \|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Topping \|first=Stephen \|date=4 September 2023 \|title=Oldham MP Jim McMahon steps down from Labour's shadow cabinet \|work=] \|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/oldham-mp-jim-mcmahon-steps-27647875 \|access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> but returned to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for English Devolution and Local Government in November 2023, replacing Sarah Owen as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Paula Barker as Shadow Minister for Devolution, both of whom resigned from the frontbench after defying the whip to vote for an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Boakye\|first=Kwame\|date=28 November 2023\|title=Updated: Labour names ex-council leader as shadow local government minister\|work=Local Government Chronicle\|url=https://www.lgcplus.com/home/news/labour-names-ex-council-leader-as-shadow-local-government-minister-28-11-2023/\|access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

			==== Votes at 16 ====
			On being selected to present a Private Member's Bill, McMahon moved the Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education) Bill 2017–19,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2017-19/representationofthepeopleyoungpeoplesenfranchisementandeducation.html\|title=Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education) Bill\|website=bills.parliament.uk\|access-date=2019-07-09\|archive-date=30 April 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430095444/https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2074\|url-status=live}}</ref> which sought to extend the franchise across the United Kingdom to ].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Jim McMahon: Give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to choose their government\|url=https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/jim-mcmahon-give-16-and-17yearolds-the-right-to-choose-their-government\|date=2020-02-25\|website=Politics Home\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> The bill included measures to introduce citizenship and the constitution education in schools.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0015/cbill_2017-20190015_en_1.htm\|at=Part 2 Section 4 and 5\|archive-date=30 April 2024 \|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430095756/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0015/cbill_2017-20190015_en_1.htm\|title=Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement and Education) Bill (HC Bill 15)\|website=publications.parliament.uk\|access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> The bill received its Second Reading in November 2017, but did not progress any further.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour-mp-jim-mcmahon-just-destroyed-the-tories-for-trying-to-block-debate-on-youth-votes_uk_59fc6fa0e4b0b0c7fa399600\|title=Labour MP Jim McMahon Hits Out At The Tories For Trying To Block Debate On Youth Votes\|date=2017-11-03\|website=HuffPost UK\|language=en\|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> It led to the establishment of the cross-party All-Party Parliamentary Group on Votes at 16.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.byc.org.uk/uk/votesat16appg\|title=All Party Parliamentary Group on Votes at 16\|website=British Youth Council\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
	At the by-election held on 3 December 2015, McMahon was elected ] for ], with 62% of the vote – an increase of seven percentage points since the ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Labour wins Oldham West by-election\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35003152\|website=BBC News\|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref>
			McMahon lives with Charlene Duerden in ]. They have two children.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/oldham-council-boss-jim-mcmahon-1318185 \|title=Oldham Council boss Jim McMahon quits day job \|publisher=Manchester Evening News \|date=14 February 2013 \|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref>

	==Honours and distinctions==		==Honours and distinctions==
			In February 2014, McMahon was named "Council Leader of the Year" during the Councillor Achievement Awards hosted by the ].<ref name=gmca/> He was credited with leading improvements in ] having redesignated it as a Co-operative Council.<ref>, '']'', 26 February 2014; retrieved 17 June 2014.</ref> Also in 2014, ] conferred upon him ],<ref>, '']'', 16 July 2014; retrieved 25 July 2014.</ref> as well as being elected a ] (FRSA).<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|title=Cllr Jim McMahon \| Biography \|website=Jimmcmahon.co.uk \|date=7 July 1980 \|access-date=30 November 2015 \|archive-date=7 November 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003448/http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	]
	In February 2014 McMahon was named "Council Leader of the Year" during the Councillor Achievement Awards hosted by the ].<ref name=gmca/> He was credited with leading improvements in ] having redesignated it as a Co-operative Council.<ref>, '']'', 26 February 2014; retrieved 17 June 2014.</ref> Also in 2014, ] conferred upon him ],<ref>, '']'', 16 July 2014; retrieved 25 July 2014.</ref> as well as being elected a ] of the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|title=Cllr Jim McMahon \| Biography \|website=Jimmcmahon.co.uk \|date=1980-07-07 \|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref>

	McMahon was appointed ~~as an~~ ] (OBE) in the ] for "services to the community in Oldham",<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|title=Cllr Jim McMahon \| Biography \|publisher=Jimmcmahon.co.uk \|date=1980~~-07-07~~ \|~~accessdate~~=2015-11-30}}</ref> and ~~is to be~~ invested ~~as OBE~~ by ~~The~~ ~~Queen~~ on 18 December 2015.<ref ~~name~~=~~pick~~/>		McMahon was appointed ] (OBE) in the ] for "services to the community in Oldham",<ref name=GBR>United Kingdom: {{London Gazette \|issue=61256 \| date=12 June 2015 \|pages=B14\| supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|title=Cllr Jim McMahon \| Biography \|publisher=Jimmcmahon.co.uk \|date=7 July 1980 \|access-date=30 November 2015 \|archive-date=7 November 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003448/http://www.jimmcmahon.co.uk/bio.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and was invested by ], on 18 December 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mp-jim-mcmahon-says-picking-10632092 \|title=MP Jim McMahon says picking up OBE is 'amazing end to a busy year' \|publisher=Manchester Evening News \|date=21 December 2015 \|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>

			In November 2017, he was named as the Youth Voice Champion by the ] following his work on the Votes at 16 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/15684404.championing-young-people-and-campaigning-to-lower-the-voting-age-earns-oldham-mp-jim-mcmahon-award/\|title=Championing young people and campaigning to lower the voting age earns Oldham MP Jim McMahon award\|last=Williams\|first=Lucy\|date=27 November 2017\|website=The Oldham Times\|language=en\|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref>
	==Family==
	McMahon lives with Charlene Duerden in ] and they have two children.<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/oldham-council-boss-jim-mcmahon-1318185 \|title=Oldham Council boss Jim McMahon quits day job \|publisher=Manchester Evening News \|date=2013-02-14 \|accessdate=2015-11-30}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 19:16, 19 January 2025

British politician (born 1980)

Jim McMahonOBE MP

Official portrait, 2024

Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution

Incumbent

Assumed office
6 July 2024

Prime Minister

Keir Starmer

Preceded by

Simon Hoare

Member of Parliament
for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Oldham West and Royton (2015–2024)

Incumbent

Assumed office
3 December 2015

Preceded by

Michael Meacher

Majority

4,976 (12.9%)

Shadow portfolios

Shadow Secretary of State
2021–2023	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2020–2021	Transport
Shadow Minister
2023–2024	English Devolution and Local Government
2016–2020	Local Government

Chair of the Co-operative Party

Incumbent

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

Personal details

Born

James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon
(1980-07-07) 7 July 1980 (age 44)
Miles Platting, Manchester, England

Political party

Labour Co-op

Residence(s)

Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England

Website

jimmcmahon.co.uk

James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon OBE (born 7 July 1980) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution since July 2024. A member of Labour Co-op, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015 and as the Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.

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.

Early life and education

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.

Professional career

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.

Political career

Local government

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

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

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

In 2016, McMahon stood down as council leader and was replaced by his Deputy, Jean Stretton. He resigned his council seat in 2017, triggering a by-election on 16 February 2017.

Parliament

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. 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, but returned to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for English Devolution and Local Government in November 2023, replacing Sarah Owen as Shadow Minister for Local Government and Paula Barker as Shadow Minister for Devolution, both of whom resigned from the frontbench after defying the whip to vote for an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Votes at 16

On being selected to present a Private Member's 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 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.

Personal life

McMahon lives with Charlene Duerden in Failsworth. They have two children.

Honours and distinctions

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).

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.

In November 2017, he was named as the Youth Voice Champion by the British Youth Council following his work on the Votes at 16 campaign.

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External links

Official website
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

Political offices
Preceded byHoward Sykes	Leader of Oldham Council 2011–2016	Succeeded byJean Stretton
Preceded bySteve Reed	Shadow Minister for Local Government 2016–2020	Succeeded byKate Hollern
Preceded byAndy McDonald	Shadow Secretary of State for Transport 2020–2021	Succeeded byLouise Haigh
Preceded byLuke Pollard	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2021–2023	Succeeded bySteve Reed
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byMichael Meacher	Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton 2015–2024	Constituency abolished
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Preceded byChris Herries	Chair of the Co-operative Party 2020–present	Incumbent

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