Debbie Abrahams | |||||||||||||
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Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Sir Stephen Timms | ||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth | |||||||||||||
Assumed office 13 January 2011 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Phil Woolas | ||||||||||||
Majority | 6,357 (15.9%) | ||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||
Born | Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Morgan 15 September 1960 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Salford University of Liverpool | ||||||||||||
Website | debbieabrahams | ||||||||||||
Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams (née Morgan; born 15 September 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth since 2011. Abrahams was a member of the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2018. She remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher.