Pat McFadden (British politician)

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The Hon Pat McFadden MP

Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Dennis Turner

Born	26 March 1965 (1965-03-26) (age 43) Paisley
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour
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 Employment Relations and Postal Affairs at the newly created Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, a post he has held since the reshuffle on 29 June 2007.

[edit] Early Life and Career

McFadden studied politics at Edinburgh University 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 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 at the Cabinet Office as Minister for Social Exclusion. In the 2007 reshuffle he was promoted to Minister of State level in the new Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. He now has responsibility for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs.