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[[Clare Short]], the incumbent [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for [[Birmingham Ladywood]], decided not to contest the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].<ref name="AKPE"/> Mahmood and a local councillor, [[Yvonne Mosquito]], both sought the Labour Party nomination.<ref name="AKPE">{{cite journal |last1=Akhtar |first1=Parveen |last2=Peace |first2=Timothy |title=Ethnic minorities in British politics: candidate selection and clan politics in the Labour Party |journal=Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies |year=2019 |volume=45 |issue=11 |pages=1902–1918 |doi=10.1080/1369183X.2018.1443804 |url=https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/157522/7/157522.pdf |access-date=5 July 2024 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116202426/https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/157522/7/157522.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the vote of Constituency Labour Party (CLP) members to select the candidate, Mahmood secured 118 votes while Mosquito received 99.<ref name="NECRULES"/> Supporters of Mosquito claimed that up to 30 members were prevented from voting for her following a rule change affecting eligibility.<ref name="NECRULES">{{cite news |title=Labour NEC rules in favour of Shabana Mahmood in Ladywood selection row |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-nec-rules-in-favour-of-shabana-82434 |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=14 January 2009 |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423233953/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-nec-rules-in-favour-of-shabana-82434 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the political scholars Parveen Akhtar and Timothy Peace, "This led to the CLP being temporarily split on race lines between Asian and Afro-Caribbean factions, demonstrating the complicated ethnic tensions at play in some U.K. constituencies."<ref name="AKPE"/> Mahmood said that she did not feel that the local party was divided in this way, and commented that "I know there is a line out there about divisions, my experience doesn't mirror that in any way."<ref>{{cite web |first=Jonathan |last=Walker |title=Ladywood not divided by race or religion – candidate |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/ladywood-not-divided-race-religion-3959286 |website=Business Live |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=24 April 2024 |archive-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424160915/https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/ladywood-not-divided-race-religion-3959286 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Walker |title=Ladywood not divided by race or religion – candidate |newspaper=Birmingham Post |date=20 June 2008 |page=4}}</ref> An inquiry led by [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party]] member Mike Griffiths found that Mahmood's victory was legitimate.<ref name="NECRULES"/>
At the 2010 general election, Mahmood was elected as MP for Birmingham Ladywood with 55.7% of the vote and a majority of 10,105.<ref name="electoralcalculus2010">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll 2010 |date=20 April 2010|publisher=Birmingham City Council |url=http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?%26ssbinary=true&blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1223417397253&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename%3D58210PGE+-+Statement+of+Persons+Nominated+and+Notice+of+Poll+2010.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132535/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/cs/Satellite?&ssbinary=true&blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1223417397253&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3B+filename=58210PGE+-+Statement+of+Persons+Nominated+and+Notice+of+Poll+2010.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2011 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Birmingham Ladywood |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a35.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823092523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a35.stm |archive-date=23 August 2017 |access-date=6 May 2010 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/general-election-2010 General Election 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124063936/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/general-election-2010 |date=24 November 2011 }} Birmingham City Council</ref> Along with [[Rushanara Ali]] and [[Yasmin Qureshi]], Mahmood became one of the UK's first female [[Muslim]] MPs.<ref name=first /> The Labour Party was the [[His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition|Official Opposition]], and Mahmood held various [[shadow cabinet]] front bench positions under new leader [[Ed Miliband]], including Shadow Minister for Prisons, Shadow Minister for Higher Education, and [[Financial Secretary to the Treasury|Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ed Miliband is elected leader of the Labour Party |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11412031 |date=25 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wih.web.ox.ac.uk/people/shabana-mahmood-mp|title=Shabana Mahmood MP {{!}} Women in the Humanities|website=wih.web.ox.ac.uk|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215143055/https://wih.web.ox.ac.uk/people/shabana-mahmood-mp|archive-date=15 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, it was reported that Mahmood was on the list of people spied on by private investigator Derek Webb for the ''[[News of the World]]'', which was seeking information about the people of most interest to their readers.<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Robinson |title=NoW's alleged surveillance targets range from royalty to sport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/09/now-alleged-surveillance-targets |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 November 2011 |access-date=24 April 2024 |archive-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424095748/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/09/now-alleged-surveillance-targets |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== Political views on the Israel/Palestine conflict==
Mahmood says on her website that she is a passionate supporter of Palestinian rights.<ref name="PALREC">{{cite news |title=Shabana's record on Palestine |date=10 June 2021 |website=shabanamahmood.org |url=https://www.shabanamahmood.org/2021/06/10/palestine/ |access-date=6 Aug 2024 |archive-date=6 Aug 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240806211452/https://www.shabanamahmood.org/2021/06/10/palestine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Mahmood took part in a demonstration outside a branch of Sainsbury's in central Birmingham. She said "We lay down in the street and we laid down inside Sainsbury's to say we object to them stocking goods from illegal settlements – and that they must stop. We managed to close down that store at peak time on a Saturday. This is how we can make a difference."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Jonathan |title=Watch: Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood hauled in by Labour bosses after this video of Sainsbury's Gaza protest|date=20 August 2014 |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-birmingham-mp-shabana-mahmood-7643691 |website=birminghammail.co.uk |publisher=Reach |access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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