Arooj Shah

Arooj Shah is a British Labour politician and was the leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester between May 2021 and May 2022, and again from May 2023 to May 2026. As leader she was a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and was the combined authority's portfolio lead for Equalities and Communities. She was the first Muslim woman to take charge of a council in the north of England.