Shaun Woodward

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Shaun Woodward is a British former Conservative-turned-Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
human
appointedBy Gordon Brown NERFINISHED
constituencyRepresented St Helens South NERFINISHED
Witney NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1958-10-26
educatedAt Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Marlborough College NERFINISHED
endOfParliamentaryCareer 2015
familyName Woodward NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Northern Ireland politics NERFINISHED
genreOfPoliticalActivity centrist politics
givenName Shaun NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
languageSpoken English
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: "Privy Council of the United Kingdom"
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED
name Shaun Woodward NERFINISHED
notableFor being a Conservative-turned-Labour MP
serving as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
occupation politician
officeEndTime Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2010
officeStartTime Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2007
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partySwitchFrom Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
partySwitchTo Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED
partySwitchYear 1999
placeOfBirth Bristol NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
relative John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover NERFINISHED
representedInParliamentFrom St Helens South, 2001
Witney, 1997
representedInParliamentUntil St Helens South, 2015
Witney, 2001
residence United Kingdom
spouse Camilla Sainsbury NERFINISHED

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Witney formerMP Shaun Woodward