What is Shaun Woodward?
{{BLP unsourced|date=October 2013}} [[Image:Shaun Woodward, June 2009 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Shaun Woodward is the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.]] '''Shaun Anthony Woodward''' (born 26 October 1958 in [[Bristol]], [[England]]) is a [[British people|British]] [[politician]] and is the Shadow Secretary of State for [[Northern Ireland]] in [[Ed Miliband]]'s shadow cabinet. He is the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[constituency]] of St Helens South in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]]. He was first [[wikt:elect|elected]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]] as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] MP for the constituency of Witney but changed to Labour in 1999. At the 2001 General Election he was made the MP for the St Helens South constituency and was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2010. When [[Ed Miliband]] became Labour leader, Shaun Woodward was made the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodward, Shaun}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Politicians from Bristol]] [[Category:Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997–2001]] [[Category:UK MPs 2001–2005]] [[Category:UK MPs 2005–2010]] [[Category:UK MPs 2010–2015]]