Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern | |||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jim McMahon | ||||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Employment | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jo Churchill | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Diana Johnson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mick Whitley | ||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Birkenhead | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 13,798 (32.0%) | ||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ben Chapman | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Wirral South | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Ashwin Kumar (m. 2008) | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University College London (BA) | ||||||||||||||||
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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 served as Minister of State for Employment from 2024 to 2025 and currently serves as Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness.