Paul Goodman (politician)
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Paul Goodman MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Wycombe |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Whitney |
| Succeeded by | Steve Baker |
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17 November 1959 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Fiona Mary Ann Gill |
| Children | Daniel Goodman |
| Residence | High Wycombe |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Occupation | Retired Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born 17 November 1959) is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 2001 to 2010, during which time he was a Shadow Minister shadowing the Department for Communities and Local Government. He is the now the editor of the influential Conservative website ConservativeHome.
Paul Goodman was born the son of Jewish parents in London, and converted to Roman Catholicism in his mid-twenties. He was raised in East Sheen, and was educated at the Cranleigh School, Surrey before attending the University of York where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1981. He was Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students between 1983–84, and was a member of the National Union of Students Executive during the two previous years.
In 1977 he worked for a year as a researcher to the Conservative MP at Petersfield, Michael Mates. In 1983 he was the chairman for the Federation of Conservative Students, and was appointed as a director of public affairs at Extel Consultancy in 1984, before becoming a researcher for two years to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and MP for Bridgwater Tom King in 1985. He was a briefly a member of the policy unit at the City of Westminster Council in 1988 before training as a novice monk at Quarr Abbey in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. He left the abbey in 1990 to take up the position of news editor with the Catholic Herald, before becoming a lead writer with The Daily Telegraph in 1991, moving to be a reporter with The Sunday Telegraph in 1992, before returning to The Daily Telegraph as a comment editor in 1995, remaining as a leader writer since his election to Westminster.
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