- Paul Goodman (politician)
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name = Paul Goodman
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constituency_MP = Wycombe
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term_start =7 June 2001
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majority = 7,051 (15.9%)
predecessor = Ray Whitney
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1959|11|17|df=yes
birth_place =London
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nationality = British
spouse = Fiona Mary Ann Gill
party = Conservative
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alma_mater =University of York
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footnotes =Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born
17 November 1959 ) Britishpolitician andjournalist He is the ConservativeMember of Parliament for Wycombe.Paul Goodman was born in
London and raised in EastSheen , and was educated at theCranleigh School ,Surrey before attending theUniversity of York where he was awarded aBachelor of Arts degree inEnglish literature in 1981.In 1977 he worked for a year as a
research er to the Conservative MP at PetersfieldMichael Mates . In 1983 he was the chairman for theFederation 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 theSecretary of State for Northern Ireland and MP for Bridgwater Tom King in 1985. He was a briefly a member of the policy unit at theCity of Westminster Council in 1988 before training as a novicemonk atQuarr Abbey inRyde on theIsle of Wight , no mean feat for the son of Jewish parents. He left the abbey in 1990 to take up the position ofnews 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, where he remained until his election to Westminster. Since he election he has remained at the paper as a leader writer.He was elected to the House of Commons for Wycombe in
Buckinghamshire at the 2001 General Election following the retirement of Ray Whitney. Goodman held Wycombe with a majority of 3,168 and remains the MP there. He made hismaiden speech on27 June 2001 , in which he recalled the former prime minister Benjamin Disraeli who had once contested his seat. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo010627/debtext/10627-25.htm#10627-25_spnew3]In parliament he served on the work and pensions select committee 2001-5. He also served for a year as the
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Conservative PartyDavid Davis from 2001, and was promoted to the frontbench byMichael Howard in 2003 as a spokesman on work and pensions. He moved position underDavid Cameron 's leadership in 2005, since when he has been a spokesman on the treasury matters.He has been married to Fiona Mary Ann Gill since 1999 and they have a son, they live in
High Wycombe .Publication
* "Healthy Choices" by Paul Goodman, John Redwood and Angela Watkinson, 2002
External links
* [http://www.wycombeconservatives.org/ Wycombe Conservatives] constituency site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-6196,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Paul Goodman MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/paul_goodman/wycombe TheyWorkForYou.com - Paul Goodman MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Paul_Goodman&mpc=Wycombe The Public Whip - Paul Goodman MP] voting record
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/653.stm BBC News - Paul Goodman] profile 30 March, 2006
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