Pat McFadden (British politician)
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The Right Honourable Pat McFadden MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Europe | |
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In office 20 October 2014 – 5 January 2016 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 20 May 2010 – 7 October 2010 |
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| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | John Denham |
| Minister of State for Business | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Gareth Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Mark Prisk |
| Minister of State for Employment Relations | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jim Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Young |
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Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Dennis Turner |
| Majority | 10,767 (31%) |
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26 March 1965 Paisley, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| 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.
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.
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