Shaun Woodward
Born
1958
Bristol
School
Bristol Grammar School
Independent
University
Jesus College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
5.0 years
Longer than 62% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
GB
Appointed by Gordon Brown
1 post · 2007–2010
TB
Appointed by Tony Blair
2 posts · 2005–2007
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Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, NIO
Career
Before Parliament 3
After office 3
Bills sponsored
2
government bills put forward as a minister
2
of them became law
Government bills 2
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Became law
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Act 20102009 · Government bill · Northern Ireland Office · co-sponsor
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Became law
Northern Ireland Act2009 · Government bill · Northern Ireland Office
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.