Jim McMahon (politician)

Jim McMahon OBE MP
Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	TBC
Member of Parliament for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2015
Preceded by	Michael Meacher
Majority	13,232 (34.3%)[1]
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 a Minister of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities since July 2024.^[2] A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, 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.^[3] He served in the shadow cabinet as Shadow Transport Secretary from 2020 to 2021, and Shadow Environment Secretary from 2021 to 2023.^[4]

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