Alison McGovern | |||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Employment | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State | Liz Kendall | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jo Churchill | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Birkenhead | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mick Whitley | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 13,798 (32.0%) | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Wirral South | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ben Chapman | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Southwark Council for Brunswick Park | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 December 1980 Clatterbridge, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Ashwin Kumar (m. 2008) | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College London (BA) | ||||||||||||||||
Alison McGovern (born 30 December 1980) is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 2024, and previously Wirral South since 2010. She has served as Minister of State for Employment since July 2024.[1]
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 July 2024.