Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Anthony Woodward of United Kingdom

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The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun WoodwardShaun Woodward OverviewShaun Anthony Woodward is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South.

New Creative Industries and Tourism Minister Shaun Woodward today pledged to harness his first hand experience working in broadcasting to understand and promote Britain's outstanding creative industries.

Secretary of State Shaun Woodward has said he wanted to extend the NI Arms Decommissioning Act to 2010.

Mr Woodward said his 10 years in the broadcasting industry ideally placed him to tackle challenges such as the switch to digital television between 2008 and 2012, the completion of the BBC Charter Review and licence fee settlement and positioning the UK's creative industries at the heart of our economy.

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htm8 May 2006New Creative Industries and Tourism Minister Shaun Woodward today pledged to harness his first hand experience working in broadcasting to understand and promote Britain's outstanding creative industries Mr Woodward said his 10 years in the broadcasting industry ideally placed him to tackle challenges such as the switch to digital television between 2008 and 2012, the completion of the BBC Charter Review and licence fee settlement and positioning the UK's creative industries at the heart of our economy.

Prior to DCMS, Mr Woodward was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office.

Mr Woodward was elected Labour MP for St Helens South in 2001 and re-elected in 2005.

Born in Bristol on 26 October 1958, Shaun Anthony Woodward was educated at Bristol Grammar School and at Cambridge University, where he read English Literature.

Woodward was educated at the independent Bristol Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge where he studied English Literature.

In May 2005, Woodward was re-elected in St Helens South receiving 54% of the vote and his majority increased.

He was said in 2001 to be the only Labour MP with a butler—a myth that Woodward has done little to quash.

htm#i205575|||||||||||||Last Edited=15 Sep 2006     Shaun Anthony Woodward was born on 26 October 1958.

htm#i205557|Last Edited=15 Sep 2006     Thomas Rory George Woodward was born on 30 June 1989.

htm#i205557|Last Edited=15 Sep 2006     Eleanor Laura Davan Woodward was born on 31 May 1991.

htm#i205557|Last Edited=15 Sep 2006     Olivia Mary Victoria Woodward was born on 6 October 1993.

htm#i205557|Last Edited=15 Sep 2006     Katherine Matilda Rose Woodward was born on 20 September 1996.