Helen Goodman
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Helen Goodman MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform | |
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In office 3 December 2014 – September 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Chris Bryant |
| Shadow Minister for Culture and Media | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 3 December 2014 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Gloria De Piero |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bryant |
| Shadow Minister for Justice | |
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In office 7 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Helen Jones |
| Succeeded by | Jenny Chapman |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Kitty Ussher |
| Succeeded by | Maria Miller |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 9 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Leader | Harriet Harman |
| Preceded by | Paddy Tipping |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bryant |
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Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Derek Foster |
| Majority | 3,508 (8.9%) |
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2 January 1958 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Seaford |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | official website |
Helen Catherine Goodman (born 2 January 1958) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop Auckland since 2005, and was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for in the Department for Work and Pensions until 2010 with responsibility for child poverty and childcare.
Goodman is the daughter of a Danish immigrant mother and architect father. She grew up in Derbyshire and was educated at her village school and the comprehensive Lady Manners School, Bakewell, Derbyshire. She studied PPE at Somerville College, Oxford.
On leaving Oxford she worked as a researcher for the Labour MP Phillip Whitehead. She worked in HM Treasury as a fast stream administrator holding many posts including on the Energy Desk, the Exchange Rate Desk, Central Budget Unit, Overseas Finance and finally she was the head of strategy. In 1990-91 she was seconded to the Office of the Czechoslovak Prime Minister to advise on their economic transition after the Velvet Revolution.
From 1997 she was the director of the Commission on the Future for MultiEthnic Britain (sponsored by the Runnymede Trust). She was appointed the Head of Strategy at The Children's Society in 1998, where she was involved in lobbying on policies to cut child poverty. From 2002 until her election she was the chief executive of the National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries which supported 1,000 projects across Great Britain. She is a member of the GMB Union and the Christian Socialist Movement, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth. She has published numerous articles including in the Political Quarterly.
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