UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 12 May 2026
Application Last Amended: 10 May 2026
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Phil Woolas

Born: 11 December 1959, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire

Died: 14 March 2026

son of Dennis Woolas

son of Maureen White

husband of Tracey Jane Allen

Nelson Grammar School

Nelson & Colne College

Manchester University (- 1981)

Television Producer

Assistant Government Whip	2001	29 May 2002	(Reshuffled)
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	29 May 2002	13 June 2003	(Reshuffled)
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	13 June 2003	9 May 2005	(Reshuffled)
Minister for Local Government	9 May 2005	28 June 2007	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State for Environment	28 June 2007	4 October 2008	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State, Home Office	4 October 2008	11 May 2010	(Dismissed)

27 July 1995	Littleborough & Saddleworth	Labour Party	14,238	33.79
1 May 1997	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour Party	22,546	41.67
7 June 2001	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour Party	17,537	38.61
5 May 2005	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour Party	17,968	41.43
6 May 2010	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour Party	14,186	31.86
5 November 2010 Petition - election declared void.