Alison McGovern MP
Labour
Birkenhead
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Alison McGovern is the Labour MP for Birkenhead, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
She currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Birkenhead
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Wirral South
Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-06 → present
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2024-07-08 → 2025-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Opposition posts
2021-12-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2020-04-10 → 2021-12-04
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2015-05-08 → 2015-09-18
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
2014-11-05 → 2015-03-30
Shadow Minister (Education)
2013-10-07 → 2014-11-05
Shadow Minister (International Development)
2013-01-11 → 2013-10-07
Opposition Whip (Commons)
Committee memberships
2010-11-02 → 2013-02-04
International Development Committee
2017-12-12 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2016-10-26 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-07-01 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2010-11-18 → 2015-03-30
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2020-03-02 → 2020-05-11
Treasury Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Treasury Committee
2017-09-14 → 2019-11-06
Treasury Sub-Committee
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2025-10-13 → present
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
alison.mcgovern.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 7190 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 7190 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
0151 645 6590
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Make Hamilton, 69-71 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
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