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'''Alison McGovern''' (born 30 December 1980) is a ] ] ] who has been the ] for ] since ]. '''Alison McGovern''' (born 30 December 1980) is a British ] politician who has served as ] (MP) for ] since ], and previously ] since ]. She has served as ] since July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life and career==
The granddaughter of song writer and activist ], she was born in ], ], the daughter of a ] telecoms engineer father and a mother who was a ]. Alison McGovern was born on 30 December 1980 in ].<ref name="le-20130507" /> She is the granddaughter of songwriter and activist ],<ref name=le-20130507/> and is the daughter of a ] telecoms engineer father and a mother who was a ].


She was educated at ], and then ], where she was the Head Girl from 1998-1999. She then studied Philosophy at ]. She was educated at Brookhurst Primary School, and then ], where she was the Head Girl from 1998 to 1999. She received a ] in Philosophy from ].<ref name=progress-20151030/>


On graduation, she worked as a researcher at the House of Commons, before handling communications for development projects at ]. After graduating from university, she worked as a researcher at the ], before handling communications for development projects at ],<ref name=progress-20151030/> then working for the ] and ].<ref name=politics.co.uk-bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/alison-mcgovern |title=Alison McGovern |publisher=politics.co.uk |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref>


McGovern was first elected as a councillor for ] in the ] in 2006, later becoming the Deputy Leader of the borough council's 29-member group of Labour councillors.
==Political life==
She was first elected as a Councillor for Brunswick Park in the ] in 2006, later becoming the Deputy Leader of the 29 strong group of Labour councillors.

She was selected as the ] candidate for ] in December 2009 due to ]'s decision to stand down at the next election for family reasons following adverse publicity in '']'' over the ], and subsequently won the seat in the ] beating the ] candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.


==Parliamentary career== ==Parliamentary career==
At the ], McGovern was elected to Parliament as MP for ] with 40.8% of the vote and a majority of 531.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Result for Wirral South constituency on 6 May 2010 |url=https://ww3.wirral.gov.uk/generalelection/results/2010-05-06/WirralSouth.shtm |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=ww3.wirral.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Wirral South |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f19.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref>
She made her maiden speech in the ] on 3 June 2010 in a debate on European Affairs. In accordance with Parliamentary tradition, she spoke in glowing terms of her constituency and praised her predecessor ], whom she described as "very amiable".<ref>{{cite web|author=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100603/debtext/100603-0014.htm |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 03 Jun 2010 (pt 0014) |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date=2010-06-03 |accessdate=2012-01-15}}</ref>


]'s '']'' programme in 2016]]
She became former Prime Minister ]'s parliamentary private secretary in July 2010.<ref>http://www.gordonbrown.org.uk/gordon-brown-announces-pps</ref> On 14 September 2010 she held her first adjournment debate regarding employment prospects for young people in Wirral. In November 2010 she was selected by the ] to become a member of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmwib/wb101106/sel-1.htm |title=Weekly Information Bulletin: Session 2010-12: Select Committees |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-01-15}}</ref>
McGovern made her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 3 June 2010 in a debate on European Affairs.<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |house=] | title = European Affairs | url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100603/debtext/100603-0014.htm |date= 3 June 2010 |column_start= 635 |column_end= 638 |speaker=Alison McGovern |position=] for ]}}</ref>


She became former Prime Minister ]'s parliamentary private secretary in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web | last = Collins | first = Ray | title = Gordon Brown announces PPS | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100729023447/http://www.gordonbrown.org.uk/gordon-brown-announces-pps | archive-date = 29 July 2010 | url = http://www.gordonbrown.org.uk/gordon-brown-announces-pps | website = gordonbrown.org.uk | date = 27 July 2010 | access-date = 27 July 2010 | url-status=dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
In December 2010 she introduced a ] before Parliament that would amend the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to broaden the scope of the general duty of library authorities so as to include a duty to provide related cultural facilities alongside the library service. In March 2011 she visited India as part of an International Development Select Committee delegation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmintdev/616/61611.htm|title=The Future of DFID's Programme in India {{ndash}} International Development Committee {{ndash}} Annex: Committee's Visit Programme in India}}</ref>


In November 2010. She was selected by the ] to become a member of the ].<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |house=] | title = Weekly Information Bulletin: Session 2010–12: Select Committees | url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmwib/wb101106/sel-1.htm |date= 6 November 2010}}</ref>
In the 2013 Labour reshuffle, she was added to the Shadow International Development team.<ref>http://labourlist.org/2013/10/confirmed-labours-new-frontbench-team-in-full/</ref> In 2014, she was changed to shadow Children and Families <ref>http://labourlist.org/2014/11/powell-joins-shadow-cabinet-and-gets-major-campaign-role-as-miliband-shuffles-front-bench/</ref>

In March 2011, she visited India as part of an International Development Select Committee delegation.<ref>{{cite book | chapter = Annex: Committee's Visit Programme in India | chapter-url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmintdev/616/61611.htm | title = The Future of DFID's Programme in India: Eighth Report of Session 2010–12, Volume I | publisher = ] for the ] |date= 7 June 2011 }} </ref>

In the 2013 Labour reshuffle, she was added to the Shadow International Development team.<ref>{{cite news | last = Staff writer |url=http://labourlist.org/2013/10/confirmed-labours-new-frontbench-team-in-full/|title=Confirmed: Labour's new frontbench team in full |work = LabourList|date=8 October 2013 | access-date = 8 October 2013}}</ref> In 2014, she was moved to the shadow Children and Families portfolio.<ref>{{cite news|last = Ferguson | first = Mark |url= http://labourlist.org/2014/11/powell-joins-shadow-cabinet-and-gets-major-campaign-role-as-miliband-shuffles-front-bench/ |title=Powell joins Shadow Cabinet – and gets major campaign role – as Miliband shuffles front bench | work = LabourList|date=5 November 2014|access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref>

At the ], McGovern was re-elected as MP for Wirral South with an increased vote share of 48.2% and an increased majority of 4,599.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Result for Wirral South Constituency on 7 May 2015 {{!}} WIRRAL Borough Council |url=https://www.wirral.gov.uk/gl/results/2015-05-07/WirralSouth.shtml |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=www.wirral.gov.uk}}</ref>

In May 2015, McGovern was appointed ] in Labour's ] team.<ref name="le-20150520">{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/promotion-wirral-south-mp-alison-9297850 |title=Promotion for Wirral South MP Alison McGovern |author =Liam Murphy |work=Liverpool Echo |date=20 May 2015 |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> She departed the opposition front bench after ] was ] in September 2015.<ref name="hp-20150914">{{cite news|last=Waugh|first=Paul |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/14/jeremy-corbyn-signals-lab_n_8136658.html |title=Jeremy Corbyn Signals Shift in Labour Policy on Wiping The UK Deficit, Party Source Claims|work=The Huffington Post |date=14 September 2015 |access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref>

In October 2015, McGovern was appointed as Chair of ], a political organisation associated with the development of ].<ref name="progress-20151030">{{cite news |last=Gimson |first=Sally |url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2015/10/30/no-one-can-sit-on-their-laurels/ |title=No one can sit on their laurels |publisher=Progress Online |date=30 October 2015 |access-date=30 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095818/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2015/10/30/no-one-can-sit-on-their-laurels/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In January 2016, McGovern resigned from Labour's policy review on ] and combating inequality, as a protest against ] being described by shadow Chancellor ] as having "a hard right agenda". She commented that she had been "backed into a corner". A Labour Party spokesperson stated "She is resigning from something that doesn't exist", as the initiative had not been confirmed or launched yet.<ref name="bbc-20160110">{{cite news | last = Price | first = Ellie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35273156 |title=Labour MP quits party review group over leadership disagreement | work =BBC News |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref>

McGovern supported ] in the unsuccessful attempt to replace ] in the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith|date=21 July 2016|website=LabourList|language=en-GB|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

McGovern served as chair of the ] from July 2016 until April 2020, when she rejoined the opposition front bench. In September 2016, she was elected co-chair of the ] Friends of Syria.<ref name="guardian-20160920">{{cite news |author=Alison McGovern |date=20 September 2016 |title=How do I sleep, thinking about Syria? Not well. We can and must do more |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/syria-peace-refugees-ceasefire-deal-russia |access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref>

At the snap ], McGovern was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 57.2% and an increased majority of 8,323.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-06-08 |title=Election results for WIRRAL SOUTH, 8 June 2017 |url=https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=27 |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=democracy.wirral.gov.uk |language=en-UK}}</ref> She was again re-elected at the ], with a decreased vote share of 51.2% and a decreased majority of 6,105.<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-12-12 |title=Election results for WIRRAL SOUTH, 12 December 2019 |url=https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=77 |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=democracy.wirral.gov.uk |language=en-UK}}</ref>

In the ], McGovern supported ].<ref name="Politics.co.uk">{{cite web |title=McGovern, Alison |url=https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/alison-mcgovern/ |access-date=13 January 2024 |work=Politics.co.uk}}</ref>

Due to the ], McGovern's constituency of Wirral South was abolished.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-23 |title=Wirral boundary changes prompt Birkenhead Labour candidate fight |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-65681496 |access-date=2023-06-15}}</ref> She challenged ] in ] for the Labour selection and was successful on 16 June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neame |first=Katie |date=2023-06-16 |title=Frontbencher McGovern beats left-winger Whitley in Birkenhead selection |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/06/alison-mcgovern-selection-birkenhead-mick-whitley-wirral/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}</ref> At the ], McGovern was elected to Parliament as MP for Birkenhead with 52% of the vote and a majority of 13,798.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=Election results for BIRKENHEAD, 4 July 2024 |url=https://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=151&V=2&RPID=543586190 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=democracy.wirral.gov.uk |language=en-UK}}</ref> She was appointed a ] (Department for Work and Pensions) in the new Labour Government.<ref>https://members.parliament.uk/government/department?DepartmentId=24 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> McGovern has called Job Centres the “most unloved public service”, and vowed to reform them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |date=18 October 2024 |title=Jobcentres branded ‘most unloved public service’ after being broken by Tories |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jobcentres-branded-most-unloved-public-33920404.amp |work=The Mirror}}</ref>

McGovern is seen to be within the political right of the Labour Party and chairs ] (formerly Progress), a group founded to support ].<ref name="Politics.co.uk"/>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
In 2008 McGovern married economist Ashwin Kumar, formerly a senior civil servant in the ] and Passenger Director at ].<ref name=le-20130507>{{cite news | last = Murphy | first = Liam |url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wirral-south-mp-alison-mcgovern-3375588 |title=Wirral South MP Alison McGovern to have a baby |work=Liverpool Echo |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=17 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tooleystreetresearch.co.uk/our-team/team-ashwin-kumar/ |title=Our team: Ashwin Kumar |publisher=Tooley Street Research |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013050530/http://www.tooleystreetresearch.co.uk/our-team/team-ashwin-kumar/ |archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> The couple have a daughter, born in 2011.<ref name=le-20111210>{{cite news | last = Staff writer |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-274581517.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194724/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-274581517.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2016 |title=Baby girl for Wirral MP |work=Liverpool Echo |date=10 December 2011 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>
She is married to economics consultant Ashwin Kumar, formerly the Passenger Director at ].


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British politician

Alison McGovernMP
Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Employment
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Secretary of StateLiz Kendall
Preceded byJo Churchill
Member of Parliament
for Birkenhead
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMick Whitley
Majority13,798 (32.0%)
Member of Parliament
for Wirral South
In office
6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byBen Chapman
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Shadow portfolios
2021–2024Employment
2020–2021Cultural Industries and Sport
2015–2015Economic Secretary
2014–2015Children and Families
2013–2014International Development
2013–2013Whip
Member of Southwark Council
for Brunswick Park
In office
4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1980-12-30) 30 December 1980 (age 43)
Clatterbridge, Merseyside, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse Ashwin Kumar ​(m. 2008)​
Alma materUniversity 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.

Early life and career

Alison McGovern was born on 30 December 1980 in Clatterbridge. She is the granddaughter of songwriter and activist Peter McGovern, and is the daughter of a British Railways telecoms engineer father and a mother who was a nurse.

She was educated at Brookhurst Primary School, and then Wirral Grammar School for Girls, where she was the Head Girl from 1998 to 1999. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University College London.

After graduating from university, she worked as a researcher at the House of Commons, before handling communications for development projects at Network Rail, then working for the Art Fund and Creativity, Culture and Education.

McGovern was first elected as a councillor for Brunswick Park in the London Borough of Southwark in 2006, later becoming the Deputy Leader of the borough council's 29-member group of Labour councillors.

Parliamentary career

At the 2010 general election, McGovern was elected to Parliament as MP for Wirral South with 40.8% of the vote and a majority of 531.

McGovern after a Radio 4's Any Questions? programme in 2016

McGovern made her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 3 June 2010 in a debate on European Affairs.

She became former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's parliamentary private secretary in July 2010.

In November 2010. She was selected by the PLP to become a member of the International Development Select Committee.

In March 2011, she visited India as part of an International Development Select Committee delegation.

In the 2013 Labour reshuffle, she was added to the Shadow International Development team. In 2014, she was moved to the shadow Children and Families portfolio.

At the 2015 general election, McGovern was re-elected as MP for Wirral South with an increased vote share of 48.2% and an increased majority of 4,599.

In May 2015, McGovern was appointed Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury in Labour's Treasury team. She departed the opposition front bench after Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in September 2015.

In October 2015, McGovern was appointed as Chair of Progress, a political organisation associated with the development of New Labour.

In January 2016, McGovern resigned from Labour's policy review on child poverty and combating inequality, as a protest against Progress being described by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell as having "a hard right agenda". She commented that she had been "backed into a corner". A Labour Party spokesperson stated "She is resigning from something that doesn't exist", as the initiative had not been confirmed or launched yet.

McGovern supported Owen Smith in the unsuccessful attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

McGovern served as chair of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art from July 2016 until April 2020, when she rejoined the opposition front bench. In September 2016, she was elected co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group Friends of Syria.

At the snap 2017 general election, McGovern was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 57.2% and an increased majority of 8,323. She was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 51.2% and a decreased majority of 6,105.

In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, McGovern supported Jess Phillips.

Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, McGovern's constituency of Wirral South was abolished. She challenged Mick Whitley in Birkenhead for the Labour selection and was successful on 16 June 2023. At the 2024 general election, McGovern was elected to Parliament as MP for Birkenhead with 52% of the vote and a majority of 13,798. She was appointed a Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) in the new Labour Government. McGovern has called Job Centres the “most unloved public service”, and vowed to reform them.

McGovern is seen to be within the political right of the Labour Party and chairs Progressive Britain (formerly Progress), a group founded to support Tony Blair.

Personal life

In 2008 McGovern married economist Ashwin Kumar, formerly a senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions and Passenger Director at Passenger Focus. The couple have a daughter, born in 2011.

References

  1. "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ Murphy, Liam (7 May 2013). "Wirral South MP Alison McGovern to have a baby". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ Gimson, Sally (30 October 2015). "No one can sit on their laurels". Progress Online. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. "Alison McGovern". politics.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. "Election Result for Wirral South constituency on 6 May 2010". ww3.wirral.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Wirral South". BBC News.
  7. Alison McGovern, MP for Wirral South (3 June 2010). "European Affairs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 635–638.
  8. Collins, Ray (27 July 2010). "Gordon Brown announces PPS". gordonbrown.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  9. "Weekly Information Bulletin: Session 2010–12: Select Committees". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. 6 November 2010.
  10. "Annex: Committee's Visit Programme in India". The Future of DFID's Programme in India: Eighth Report of Session 2010–12, Volume I. House of Commons Library for the International Development Committee. 7 June 2011. Pdf.
  11. Staff writer (8 October 2013). "Confirmed: Labour's new frontbench team in full". LabourList. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  12. Ferguson, Mark (5 November 2014). "Powell joins Shadow Cabinet – and gets major campaign role – as Miliband shuffles front bench". LabourList. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  13. "Election Result for Wirral South Constituency on 7 May 2015 | WIRRAL Borough Council". www.wirral.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  14. Liam Murphy (20 May 2015). "Promotion for Wirral South MP Alison McGovern". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  15. Waugh, Paul (14 September 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn Signals Shift in Labour Policy on Wiping The UK Deficit, Party Source Claims". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. Price, Ellie (10 January 2016). "Labour MP quits party review group over leadership disagreement". BBC News. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  17. "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  18. Alison McGovern (20 September 2016). "How do I sleep, thinking about Syria? Not well. We can and must do more". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  19. "Election results for WIRRAL SOUTH, 8 June 2017". democracy.wirral.gov.uk. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  20. "Election results for WIRRAL SOUTH, 12 December 2019". democracy.wirral.gov.uk. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  21. ^ "McGovern, Alison". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  22. "Wirral boundary changes prompt Birkenhead Labour candidate fight". BBC News. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  23. Neame, Katie (16 June 2023). "Frontbencher McGovern beats left-winger Whitley in Birkenhead selection". LabourList. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  24. "Election results for BIRKENHEAD, 4 July 2024". democracy.wirral.gov.uk. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  25. https://members.parliament.uk/government/department?DepartmentId=24
  26. Cowburn, Ashley (18 October 2024). "Jobcentres branded 'most unloved public service' after being broken by Tories". The Mirror.
  27. "Our team: Ashwin Kumar". Tooley Street Research. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  28. Staff writer (10 December 2011). "Baby girl for Wirral MP". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byBen Chapman Member of Parliament
for Wirral South
2010–2024 		Constituency abolished
Preceded byMick Whitley Member of Parliament
for Birkenhead
2024–present 		Incumbent
Labour Party members of Parliament
North East England
North West England
Yorkshire and the Humber
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East of England
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