Afzal Khan (British politician)

Mohammed Afzal Khan

CBE MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Exports
In office
5 September 2023 – 15 November 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byNia Griffith
Succeeded byTanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Shadow Minister for Legal Aid
In office
4 December 2021 – 5 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAndy Slaughter
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
9 April 2020 – 4 December 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byKarin Smyth
Succeeded byJessica Morden
Shadow Minister for South Asia, Africa and the Commonwealth
In office
13 January 2020 – 9 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byLiz McInnes
Succeeded byStephen Kinnock (Asia & Pacific)
Stephen Doughty (Africa)
Shadow Minister of State for Immigration
In office
7 July 2017 – 13 January 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKeir Starmer
Succeeded byBell Ribeiro-Addy
Member of Parliament
for Manchester Gorton
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded bySir Gerald Kaufman
Majority30,339 (68.1%)
Member of the European Parliament
for North West England
In office
13 June 2014 – 8 June 2017
Preceded byChris Davies
Succeeded byWajid Khan
Lord Mayor of Manchester
In office
2005–2006
Preceded byTom O'Callaghan
Succeeded byJames Ashley
Member of Manchester City Council
for Cheetham
In office
4 May 2000 – 6 May 2015
Preceded byChristopher Olaniyan
Succeeded byJulie Connolly
Personal details
Born (1958-04-05) 5 April 1958 (age 66)
Jhelum, West Pakistan
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour Party (Co-op)
ProfessionLawyer
WebsiteOfficial website

Mohammed Afzal Khan, CBE (5 April 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton since 2017.

He was elected as councillor in Manchester in 2000 and was Lord Mayor of Manchester for 2005–2006. He was Member of the European Parliament for North West England from 2014 to 2017. He is Manchester's first Muslim MP, and the first Muslim Lord Mayor.

Khan was born in Jhelum and came to the UK when he was 11. After leaving school without qualifications, he had a number of jobs, including as a Greater Manchester Police constable, before returning to education and qualifying as a solicitor.[1]

In 2023 he resigned from the frontbench to vote for a SNP motion demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "My work space". The Guardian. 2005-08-26. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  2. ↑ "Keir Starmer suffers major Labour rebellion over Gaza ceasefire vote". BBC News. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-24.