Shaun Anthony Woodward was born on 26 October 1958 and is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2010.
13 Facts About Shaun Woodward
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Shaun Woodward was elected in 1997 as Conservative MP for Witney, but joined Labour in 1999.
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Shaun Woodward then served as Labour MP for St Helens South from 2001 to 2015.
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Shaun Woodward studied at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar.
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Shaun Woodward was selected as Douglas Hurd's successor as Conservative candidate for the safe seat of Witney at the 1997 election, having previously been a senior official of the party.
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Shaun Woodward was given a job co-ordinating the Labour party's 2001 general election campaign.
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Shaun Woodward refused to hold a by-election, and continued to represent Witney for a further eighteen months.
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Shaun Woodward was criticised by his former colleagues in the Conservative Party, including leader William Hague, Conservative former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine and party chairman Michael Ancram.
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Shaun Woodward chose not to receive a ministerial salary because of his personal wealth.
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Shaun Woodward stood for election to Labour's shadow cabinet, but was unsuccessful.
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Shaun Woodward married Camilla Davan Sainsbury, daughter of former Conservative MP Tim Sainsbury of the wealthy supermarket Sainsbury family, on 2 May 1987; they announced their separation after 28 years on 20 December 2015.
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Shaun Woodward currently serves as chair of the board of trustees at the Human Dignity Trust and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Shaun Woodward serves as a member of the board of directors at the Hamptons International Film Festival.