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Shaun Woodward MP, Minister for Creative Industries & Tourism
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Ministerial Responsibilities
- Broadcasting
- Creative industries, including film and music
- Tourism
- Alcohol & Entertainment Licensing
- Press & Censorship
- IT & e-government
- Science & sustainable development (green issues)
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Biography
Prior to DCMS, Shaun Woodward was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office.
Shaun Woodward was elected Labour MP for St Helens South in 2001 and re-elected in 2005.
He was a member of the Parliamentary Joint Commons and Lords Committee of Human Rights from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and European Union Scrutiny Select Committee.
Born in Bristol on 26 October 1958, Shaun Anthony Woodward was educated at Bristol Grammar School and at Cambridge University, where he read English Literature. He has a Double First from Jesus College. He subsequently taught at The Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University.
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