Jeff Smith (British politician)

Jeff Smith MP
Official portrait, 2024
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Shadow Ministerial Roles Senior Opposition Whip In office December 2023 – 5 July 2024 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Position Established Shadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers In office 5 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 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 Succeeded by
Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	John Leech
Majority	13,982 (33.5%)
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 62) Withington, Lancashire, England
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, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) since 2024.

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 December 2021; as Shadow Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Music from December 2021 to August 2023, as Shadow Minister for Clean Power and Consumers from September to December 2023, and Senior Whip in the Opposition Whips Office^[1] from December 2023 to July 2024.