Category Archives: Jim McMahon MP news

Thank you to First Choice Homes Oldham and the Vistry Group for giving me a tour of the £15.7 million project to build a hundred affordable and energy efficient family homes off Rosary Road. It was a pleasure to hear the pride in the project from its team, including local residents leading the now awardContinue reading “More new affordable family homes coming to Fitton Hill”

This is an end of week thank you to my amazing constituency team for once again delivering a great summer school this year, I know how much work goes into making it a success for months in advance. And to the 12 fantastic young people who attended, thanks for the time you gave and theContinue reading “Summer School 2026”

Here’s a quick overview of my final week down in Westminster before the summer recess  𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹I spoke during the debate on the Immigration & Asylum Bill, making the case for reforms that ensure the system works properly. I also raised the need to end the use of the VictoriaContinue reading “This week in Parliament”

Chadderton Day is this weekend, a chance to celebrate our town’s proud past and exciting future. It is a privilege to represent Chadderton and the people who make it such a special place. From our industrial heritage and the Lancaster bomber to the fantastic work of the Chadderton Historical Society, we have so much toContinue reading “Wishing a Happy Chadderton Day o everyone across the town!”

I’m so sorry to hear that Darren Pemberton has passed away. He was a staple of Oldham Civic Centre for many years and he couldn’t do enough to help those who needed it. I caught this old article from the Oldham Times where he showed a photographer around the 1970’s bunker built under the CivicContinue reading “Death of Darren Pemberton”

The final day of this year’s summer school in Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton began with a visit to Northern Roots. It is a brilliant local project creating the UK’s largest urban farm & eco-park on urban greenspace in the heart of our borough. Oldham’s point of difference is that we are the town inContinue reading “Summer School 2026 Day 5”

Congratulations to Andy Burnham who has been confirmed as the new Leader of the Labour Party and is on course to become the first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister on Monday!