Pat McFadden (British politician)
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| Assumed office 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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| In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Lord Young (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State) |
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Member of Parliament
for Wolverhampton South East |
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| Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Dennis Turner |
| Majority | 10,495 (37.1%) |
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| Born | 26 March 1965 Paisley, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.patmcfadden.com |
Patrick Bosco McFadden (born 26 March 1965, Paisley) is a British politician and the Labour MP for the West Midlands constituency Wolverhampton South East. He is currently a Minister of State for Business at the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, a post he has held since the reshuffle on 5 June 2009. He now attends cabinet, though not as a full member.
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[edit] Early life and career
He is the son of Annie and the late James McFadden, both native Irish language speakers from the Falcarragh area of northern County Donegal in Ireland. He went to Holy Cross RC Primary School on Calder Street and Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Crosshill, south-east Glasgow. McFadden studied Politics at the University of Edinburgh, gaining an MA in 1988, and was chair of Scottish Labour Students in 1986-7 before becoming a researcher in 1988 for Donald Dewar, then Labour's Scottish Affairs spokesman. In 1993 he left this role to become a speechwriter and policy adviser to the Labour leader John Smith. Prior to becoming an MP he worked in several roles for Tony Blair, both in opposition and government, and was the Prime Minister's Political Secretary from 2002.
[edit] Parliamentary career
McFadden was elected at the 2005 general election, after Dennis Turner retired. In the 2006 reshuffle he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Social Exclusion at the Cabinet Office. In the 2007 reshuffle he was promoted to Minister of State in the then newly created Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with responsibility for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs. In October 2008, when Lord Mandelson replaced John Hutton as Business Secretary, McFadden took on duties as his Deputy in order to represent the Department in the House of Commons as Mandelson is a peer and can only address the Lords and therefore needs a counterpart in the Commons. McFadden was contemporaneously appointed to the Privy Council.
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[edit] External links
- MP's Official Website
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - Pat McFadden Profile
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Pat McFadden MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Patrick McFadden MP
- BBC Politics
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| Preceded by Dennis Turner |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East 2005–present |
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Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs 2007–2009 |
Succeeded by The Lord Young as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs |
| New creation | Minister of State for Business 2009–present |
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