Philip James Woolas (born 11 December1959) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labourmember of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth and a junior minister for local government in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Oldham East and Saddleworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom is made up of four parts - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ...
He first won the seat in the 1997 general election, having contested the predecessor Littleborough and Saddleworth seat at a by-election in 1995. He became private parliamentary secretary to Lord MacDonald of Tradeston, a Transport minister in 1999, and became a whip in 2001. In 2003 he was made Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, and in 2005 moved to the ODPM to become Minister of State with responsibility for local government. The 1 May 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He had previously been president of the National Union of Students. The National Union of Students (NUS) is the main representative body for the students unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. ...
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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - Phil Woolas MP
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Phil Woolas MP
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