Phil Woolas

Phil Woolas
Official portrait, 2005
Minister of State for Borders and Immigration[a]
In office
4 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byLiam Byrne
Succeeded byDamian Green
Minister of State for the Environment
In office
28 June 2007 – 4 October 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byIan Pearson
Succeeded byThe Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State for Local Government
In office
10 May 2005 – 28 June 2007
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byNick Raynsford
Succeeded byJohn Healey
Minister for Social Exclusion
In office
9 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byBarbara Roche
Succeeded byHilary Armstrong
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
13 June 2003 – 9 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byBen Bradshaw
Succeeded byNigel Griffiths
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byTony McNulty
Succeeded byDerek Twigg
Member of Parliament
for Oldham East and Saddleworth
In office
1 May 1997 – 5 November 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byDebbie Abrahams
Personal details
Born
Philip James Woolas

(1959-12-11)11 December 1959
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Died14 March 2026(2026-03-14) (aged 66)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Tracey Allen (until 2026)
Children2
ResidenceLees, Greater Manchester
Alma materVictoria University of Manchester
OccupationTelevision Producer

Philip James Woolas (11 December 1959 – 14 March 2026) was a British politician, lobbyist, television producer and consultant. He was the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration from 2008 to 2010. He was a member of the Labour Party. Woolas was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010.[1]

Before being elected at the 1997 general election, Woolas was president of the National Union of Students (NUS), a producer for BBC programme Newsnight and an official at the GMB trade union.

Woolas died from brain cancer on 14 March 2026 at the age of 66.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Office held jointly at the Home Office and HM Treasury.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.