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The Right Honourable Pat McFadden MP | |
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| Shadow Minister for Europe | |
In office 20 October 2014 – 5 January 2016 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Pat Glass |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
In office 20 May 2010 – 7 October 2010 | |
| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | John Denham |
| Minister of State for Business | |
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Mark Prisk |
| Minister of State for Employment Relations | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jim Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Young |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Turner |
| Majority | 8,514 (23.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-03-26) 26 March 1965 Paisley, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Website | Official website |
Patrick Bosco McFadden (born 26 March 1965 in Paisley) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005. He was briefly Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and from October 2014 to January 2016 was Shadow spokesman on Europe under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.
Contents
1 Early life and career
2 Parliamentary career
3 Personal life
4 References
5 External links
5.1 News items
Early life and career[edit]
McFadden is the son of Annie and 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 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 1986–87 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 advisory roles for Tony Blair, both in opposition and government, and was the Prime Minister's Political Secretary from 2002.[1]
Parliamentary career[edit]
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. McFadden was contemporaneously appointed to the Privy Council.
Following Labour's defeat in the 2010 election and the resignation of Gordon Brown, McFadden was named in interim leader Harriet Harman's shadow cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary.[2] After Ed Miliband's election as Labour leader in September 2010, McFadden announced his decision to stand in Labour's shadow cabinet election[3] but was not elected. However, when he reshuffled his Shadow Cabinet in 2014, Miliband appointed him as shadow minister for Europe.[4] He retained his post when Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader but was sacked in January 2016.[5]
According to McFadden he was sacked for comments in the debate on the Paris bombings which condemned "the view that sees terrorist acts as always being a response or a reaction to what we in the west do". The Labour leadership said that he had been sacked for "disloyalty", with John McDonnell saying that McFadden's remarks on terrorism were an example of McFadden undermining the leader's view.[6]Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty expressed support for McFadden in their resignation letters the following day.[7]
He is part of Open Britain (a British pro-European campaign group) and defended Tony Blair's pro-European speech on February 2017.[8] McFadden is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel and has served as vice-chair.[9]
Personal life[edit]
McFadden and his wife, Marianna, have a son and a daughter. He is a supporter of Celtic Football Club. As a child he regularly visited Donegal, where his parents came from.[1]
References[edit]
^ ab 'The Rt Hon Pat Jimmy Den Rua MP Archived 17 September 2013 at Archive.is Documentary, TV Listings, www.tg4.ie, 16 September 2013.
^ Lords Mandelson and Adonis leave shadow cabinet BBC News, 21 May 2010
^ Shadow cabinet elections: 49 MPs enter ballot BBC News, 29 September 2010
^ Mason, Rowena (20 October 2014). "Former minister Pat McFadden gets Europe brief in Labour mini-reshuffle". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ Mason, Rowena (6 January 2016). "Labour reshuffle". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ Watt, Nicholas (6 January 2016). "McFadden's supporters describe removal as vindictive". Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ "Three shadow ministers resign over Corbyn's 'dishonest' reshuffle". Guardian. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ Engineer, Cyrus (17 February 2017). "'For goodness sake!' Pro-EU MP scolded as he defends Blair's Brexit attack". The Express. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "MPs flock to support Labour Israel group". The Jewish Chronicle. 22 September 2016.
External links[edit]
- Pat McFadden Official website
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 2010–present
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Pat McFadden Profile Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – From The National Archives
Pat McFadden: Electoral history and profile The Guardian- BBC Politics
Appearances on C-SPAN
News items[edit]
- Hugh Muir Diary The Guardian, 19 May 2009
Baby boy for city MP Pat Express & Star, 16 May 2009
Unions 'too quiet on Labour wins' BBC News, 25 March 2009
Pat McFadden interview Politics Show, BBC News, 1 June 2008
Bus boosts minimum wage campaign BBC News, 10 January 2008
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Dennis Turner | Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East 2005–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Jim Fitzpatrick | Minister of State for Employment Relations 2007–2009 | Succeeded by The Lord Young |
| Preceded by Gareth Thomas | Minister of State for Business 2009–2010 | Succeeded by Mark Prisk |
| Preceded by The Lord Mandelson | Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 2010 | Succeeded by John Denham |
| Preceded by Gareth Thomas | Shadow Minister for Europe 2014–2016 | Succeeded by Pat Glass |
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