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Alison McGovern

MP for Birkenhead (Labour).

Membership

  • MP for Birkenhead, Labour (5 July 2024 – now)
  • MP for Wirral South, Labour (13 December 2019 – 30 May 2024)
  • MP for Wirral South, Labour (9 June 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • MP for Wirral South, Labour (8 May 2015 – 3 May 2017)
  • MP for Wirral South, Labour (6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015)

Roles

  • Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (22 July 2026 – now)
  • Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (6 September 2025 – 22 July 2026)
  • The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025)
  • Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (4 December 2021 – 30 May 2024)
  • Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (10 April 2020 – 4 December 2021)
  • Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (12 December 2017 – 6 November 2019)
  • Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (26 October 2016 – 3 May 2017)
  • Shadow Minister (Treasury) (8 May 2015 – 18 September 2015)
  • Shadow Minister (Education) (5 November 2014 – 30 March 2015)
  • Shadow Minister (International Development) (7 October 2013 – 5 November 2014)
  • Opposition Whip (Commons) (11 January 2013 – 7 October 2013)

Birkenhead: 2024 general election: majority 13,798 (32.0%).

Wirral South: 2019 general election: majority 6,105 (14.0%); 2017 general election: majority 8,323 (18.4%); 2015 general election: majority 4,599 (11.0%); 2010 general election: majority 531 (1.3%).