Phil Woolas | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| Minister of State for Borders and Immigration[a] | |
| In office 4 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Liam Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Damian Green |
| Minister of State for the Environment | |
| In office 28 June 2007 – 4 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Ian Pearson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
| Minister of State for Local Government | |
| In office 10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Nick Raynsford |
| Succeeded by | John Healey |
| Minister for Social Exclusion | |
| In office 9 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Barbara Roche |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Armstrong |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 13 June 2003 – 9 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ben Bradshaw |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Griffiths |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Tony McNulty |
| Succeeded by | Derek Twigg |
| Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 5 November 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Debbie Abrahams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip James Woolas 11 December 1959 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Tracey Allen |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Lees, Greater Manchester |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Television Producer |
Philip James Woolas (born 11 December 1959) is a British environmental consultant, political lobbyist and former television producer and politician who served as Minister of State for Borders and Immigration from 2008 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010.
Prior to being elected at the 1997 general election, Woolas was president of the National Union of Students (NUS), a producer for BBC programme Newsnight and a trade unionist at the GMB trade union. In November 2010, he was found to have breached the Representation of the People Act 1983 in the course of the 2010 general election. As a result, his victory of 103 votes at the election was declared void, he lost his seat in the House of Commons and he was barred from standing again at the subsequent by-election. He was also suspended from the Labour Party until January 2011, when his suspension was lifted.
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