Jeff Smith (British politician)

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Jeff Smith MP
Senior Opposition Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2023
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Position Established
Shadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2023
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Seema Malhotra (Consumers)
Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music
In office 4 December 2021 – 5 September 2023
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Alison McGovern (Sport) Alex Sobel (Tourism & Heritage)
Succeeded by	Lilian Greenwood (Heritage) Barbara Keeley (Music and Tourism) Stephanie Peacock (Sport)
Shadow Minister for Local Government
In office 14 May 2021 – 4 December 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Kate Hollern
Succeeded by	Mike Amesbury
Shadow Lord Commissioner of HM Household
In office 18 September 2015 – 14 May 2021
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Position Established
Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	John Leech
Majority	27,905 (52.7%)
Member of Manchester City Council for Old Moat
In office 1997–2015
Succeeded by	Garry Bridges
Personal details
Born	(1963-01-26) 26 January 1963 (age 61) Manchester, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Website	Official website

Jeff Smith (born 26 January 1963) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington since 2015, and as Senior Whip in the Opposition Whips Office.^[1] A former Manchester City Councillor, he served as an opposition whip in Parliament from 2015 to 2021, as Shadow Minister for Local Government from May to 4 December 2021; as Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music from December 2021 – August 2023, and as Shadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers from September – December 2023.