Shaun Woodward

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Shaun Woodward is the Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2007-10 [1]

Woodward defected to Labour from the Conservative Party in 1999. An MP since 1997, he was previously a researcher on the BBC programmes That’s Life!, Panorama and Newsnight. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

MPs expenses

In 2009 the Telegraph newspaper revealed that Woodward, 'the wealthiest member of the Cabinet', had 'claimed almost £100,000 to help pay the mortgage interest on a £1.35 million flat', one of at least seven properties that he owned. [2]

Notes

  1. Rt Hon Mr Shaun Woodward, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
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