Khalid Mahmood (British politician)

Khalid Mahmood (born 13 July 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr since 2001 and as Shadow Defence Procurement Minister since 2020.

For other people named Khalid Mahmood, see Khalid Mahmood (disambiguation).

Khalid Mahmood

MP
Mahmood in 2019
Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement
Assumed office
9 April 2020
LeaderSir Keir Starmer
Preceded byStephen Morgan
Shadow Minister of State for Europe
In office
6 October 2016 – 9 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byFabian Hamilton
Succeeded byCatherine West
Member of Parliament
for Birmingham Perry Barr
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded byJeff Rooker
Majority15,317 (36.3%)
Personal details
Born (1961-07-13) 13 July 1961
Kashmir, Pakistan
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materUCE Birmingham
Websitewww.khalidmahmoodmp.co.uk

Early life and education

Khalid Mahmood was born on 13 July 1961 in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.[1] He studied at UCE Birmingham.

Mahmood is a former engineer with a trade union background.[2] He was a Birmingham City Councillor from 1990 to 1993.[1]

Political career

Mahmood was elected as the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr in the 2001 general election, becoming the first Muslim MP in England.[3][4] He held his seat at the 2005 general election. In November 2005 he was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tony McNulty, then a minister in the Home Office. He resigned in September 2006 along with several colleagues after signing a letter calling for Tony Blair to resign as prime minister.[5]

In May 2009, it was reported, as part of a series of leaked UK MPs expense details, that Mahmood claimed for £1,350 to stay in a five-star west London hotel with his girlfriend.[6] He also claimed more than £35,000 in expenses for food over eight years.[7]

He was again elected in the 2010 general election. Mahmood opposed the decision by Birmingham College in 2013 to ban students wearing veils.[8] In January 2015, he was nominated for the Politician of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards.[9]

Mahmood was re-elected at the 2015 general election. He was appointed as Shadow Europe Minister in October 2016. He was re-elected at the 2017 general election and the 2019 general election.

In 2019, it was reported by the Birmingham Mail that Mahmood was the most expensive Birmingham MP in 2018, claiming £210,183 in expenses.[10]

Mahmood announced in December 2019 that he would stand in the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election,[11] but pulled out of the contest in January 2020.[12] In March 2020, Mahmood defended the anti-racist campaigner, Trevor Phillips, from claims of Islamophobia, saying that Labour had "lost its way" by taking the action. Mahmood said that the move to discipline Phillips had brought "disrepute" on the party.[13]

Personal life

In January 2014, Mahmood underwent a kidney transplant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham, receiving an organ from a donor later revealed to be the Labour politician Siôn Simon.[14][15][16] He had been on dialysis, following kidney failure in 2008.[14] His twin brother had previously died from kidney failure.[15]

Mahmood is a member of Unite the Union.[11]

Coronavirus Vaccination

It was reported that, despite being in Tier 4 of the Government's priority list for the UK's COVID-19 vaccination, Mahmood was vaccinated in December 2020 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, despite calls from NHS management that the public would be turned away without an appointment.[17] Tier 4 would mean Mahmood would normally have to wait until March 2021 before receiving the vaccine from the NHS.

References
  1. "Mahmood, Khalid, (born 13 July 1961), MP (Lab) Birmingham Perry Barr, since 2001 | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42395. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. Maguire, Kevin; Bloom, Dan (17 December 2019). "Khalid Mahmood announces bid to be Labour's deputy leader". Mirror. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. "Birmingham Perry Barr 2001 Election Results". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  4. "Muslim women vie to be first MP". 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. "Blair hit by wave of resignations". BBC News. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. "Man behind expenses leak revealed". BBC News. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  7. Oldham, Jeanette (24 May 2009). "Expenses lovenest of Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood". Sunday Mercury. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  8. Sherriff, Lucy (10 September 2013). "Muslim Students Banned From Wearing Veils, Niqabs, For 'Safety' At Birmingham Metropolitan College". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. "British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled". Asian Image. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. "Here are the most expensive and cheapest MPs in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. 9 May 2019.
  11. Walker, Jonathan (17 December 2019). "Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood to stand for Labour Deputy Leader". birminghammail. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Shadow minister says Labour has 'lost its way' as party suspends anti-racism campaigner Trevor Phillips". politicshome.com. 9 March 2020.
  14. Elkes, Neil (21 January 2014). "Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood recovering after kidney transplant". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  15. "Transplant MP Khalid Mahmood to return to Commons". BBC Online. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  16. "MEP's kidney donation to MP revealed". 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  17. "Labour MP beats the vaccine queue". The Spectator. 29 December 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Jeff Rooker		 Member of Parliament
for Birmingham Perry Barr
2001–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Fabian Hamilton		 Shadow Minister of State for Europe
2016–present		 Incumbent
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