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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. <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-shaun-woodward/98 Rt Hon Mr Shaun Woodward], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref>
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[[Image:Shaun_Woodward.jpg|left|thumb|Shaun Woodward]]
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'''Shaun Woodward''' was the [[Labour]] MP for St Helens South and Whiston from 2010 to 2015. He was MP for St Helens South from 2001-2010. He was also secretary of state for Northern Ireland 2007-10 <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-shaun-woodward/98 Rt Hon Mr Shaun Woodward], www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.</ref>
  
Woodward defected to Labour from the [[Conservative Party]] in 1999.
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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]]. <ref name="Rayner">Gordon Rayner, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5292955/MPs-expenses-Shaun-Woodward-millionaire-minister-received-100000-to-help-pay-mortgage.html MPs' expenses: Shaun Woodward, millionaire minister, received £100,000 to help pay mortgage], ''The Telegraph'', 6:00AM BST 08 May 2009, acc 25 July 2013 </ref>
  
 
==Advising private Swiss bank==
 
==Advising private Swiss bank==
 
Woodward has a part-time job advising Swiss private bank [[Reichmouth & Co]]. He declares in the register of MPs' interests that he expects to be paid '£35,000 a half year' for 10 days work.
 
Woodward has a part-time job advising Swiss private bank [[Reichmouth & Co]]. He declares in the register of MPs' interests that he expects to be paid '£35,000 a half year' for 10 days work.
  
As Private Eye noted, this 'means he will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'.
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''Private Eye'' magazine noted that the 'super-wealthy' MP will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'. <ref> ''Private Eye'', No 1344,  HP Sauce column, 12 July-25 July 2013 </ref>
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==MPs expenses==
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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. <ref name="Rayner"/>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 21 May 2015

Shaun Woodward

Shaun Woodward was the Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston from 2010 to 2015. He was MP for St Helens South from 2001-2010. He was also 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. [2]

Advising private Swiss bank

Woodward has a part-time job advising Swiss private bank Reichmouth & Co. He declares in the register of MPs' interests that he expects to be paid '£35,000 a half year' for 10 days work.

Private Eye magazine noted that the 'super-wealthy' MP will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'. [3]

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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gordon Rayner, MPs' expenses: Shaun Woodward, millionaire minister, received £100,000 to help pay mortgage, The Telegraph, 6:00AM BST 08 May 2009, acc 25 July 2013
  3. Private Eye, No 1344, HP Sauce column, 12 July-25 July 2013