Afzal Khan (British politician)

**Mohammed Afzal Khan**, CBE (5 April 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament  for Manchester Gorton since 2017.

He was elected as councillor in Manchester in 2000 and was Lord Mayor of Manchester for 2005–2006. He was  Member of the European Parliament for North West England from 2014 to 2017.  He is Manchester's first Muslim MP, and the first Muslim Lord Mayor.

Khan was born in Jhelum and came to the UK when he was 11. After leaving school without qualifications, he had a number of jobs, including as a Greater Manchester Police constable, before returning to education and qualifying as a solicitor.

In 2023  he resigned from the frontbench to vote for a SNP motion demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Mohammed Afzal Khan
- **image**: Official portrait of Afzal Khan MP crop 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2020
- **birth place**: Jhelum, Pakistan, Jhelum, West Pakistan
- **nationality**: British
- **office**: Department for Business and Trade, Shadow Minister for Exports
- **leader**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor**: Nia Griffith
- **successor**: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
- **term start**: 5 September 2023
- **term end**: 15 November 2023
- **office1**: Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Shadow Minister for Legal Aid
- **leader1**: Keir Starmer
- **term start1**: 4 December 2021
- **term end1**: 5 September 2023
- **predecessor1**: Andy Slaughter
- **successor1**: _Position abolished_
- **office2**: Leader of the House of Commons, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- **leader2**: Keir Starmer
- **term start2**: 9 April 2020
- **term end2**: 4 December 2021
- **predecessor2**: Karin Smyth
- **successor2**: Jessica Morden
- **office3**: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Shadow Minister for South Asia, Africa and the Commonwealth
- **term start3**: 13 January 2020
- **term end3**: 9 April 2020
- **leader3**: Jeremy Corbyn
- **predecessor3**: Liz McInnes
- **successor3**: Stephen Kinnock <small>(Asia & Pacific)</small>
 Stephen Doughty <small>(Africa)</small>
- **office4**: Home Office, Shadow Minister of State for Immigration
- **term start4**: 7 July 2017
- **term end4**: 13 January 2020
- **leader4**: Jeremy Corbyn
- **predecessor4**: Keir Starmer
- **successor4**: Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- **office5**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Gorton
- **term start5**: 8 June 2017
- **majority5**: 30,339 (68.1%)
- **predecessor5**: Gerald Kaufman, Sir Gerald Kaufman
- **parliament6**: European
- **constituency mp6**: North West England (European Parliament constituency), North West England
- **term start6**: 13 June 2014
- **term end6**: 8 June 2017
- **predecessor6**: Chris Davies (Liberal Democrat politician), Chris Davies
- **successor6**: Wajid Khan (British politician), Wajid Khan
- **office7**: Lord Mayor of Manchester
- **term start7**: 2005
- **term end7**: 2006
- **predecessor7**: Tom O'Callaghan
- **successor7**: James Ashley (politician), James Ashley
- **office8**: Manchester City Council, Member of Manchester City Council
 for Cheetham, Manchester, Cheetham
- **term start8**: 4 May 2000
- **term end8**: 6 May 2015
- **predecessor8**: Christopher Olaniyan
- **successor8**: Julie Connolly
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour Party (Labour Co-operative, Co-op)
- **profession**: Lawyer