Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC, MP for Birmingham Ladywood
Shabana Mahmood has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Home Secretary.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Secretary (Home Office) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (Ministry of Justice) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| National campaign co-ordinator (HM Official Opposition) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2011 to 2013 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (Home Office) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts Committee | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| International Trade Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2010 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Shabana Mahmood has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Francesca Perrin - £50,000.00 | 3 Oct 2025 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Manjit Jhooty - £2,500.00 | 15 Jul 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Shabana Mahmood has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
79 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Shabana Mahmood represents Birmingham Ladywood. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Shabana Mahmood won with 43% of the votes, and Akhmed Yakoob (Independent) came second with 33%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shabana Mahmood | Labour | 15,558 | 42.5% |
| Akhmed Yakoob | Independent | 12,137 | 33.2% |
| Zoe Challenor | Green Party | 3,478 | 9.5% |
| Shaz Muzammil | Conservative | 2,218 | 6.1% |
| Lee Dargue | Liberal Democrat | 1,711 | 4.7% |
| Irene Yoong-Henery | Reform UK | 1,477 | 4.0% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Shabana Mahmood took part in 39 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Shabana Mahmood voted the same way as their party in 37 of the 37 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 6 Jul | Threats to national security from other states: changes from the House of Lords | For | Same as party |
| 17 Jun | Threats to national security from other states: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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