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Pat McFadden
MP for Wolverhampton South East
Labour
Background
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Education
Holyrood Secondary School, Glasgow · University of Edinburgh (Politics)
Roles
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
10 Downing Street (Tony Blair)
2002-2005
Adviser then Political Secretary to Tony Blair; the most senior non-ministerial appointment in Number 10, managing the interface between the Labour Party and the PM's operation.
Speechwriter
Office of John Smith
Wrote speeches for Labour leader John Smith.
Researcher
Office of Donald Dewar
Worked as a researcher for Donald Dewar, later Scotland's first First Minister.
Reports mentioning this MP
- DWP Algorithm Flags Foreign Claimants Three Times as Often24 October 2026 · 3 min read
DWP's algorithm flags foreign nationals for fraud checks 3.35 times as often, without more refusals. A promised retrained model is not live.