Paul Goodman

Goodman is an English journalist and Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 2001 to 2010, during which time he was a Shadow Minister shadowing the Department for Communities and Local Government. He is now the editor of the centre-right political blog ConservativeHome. 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 Party David Davis from 2001, and was promoted to the frontbench by Michael Howard in 2003 as a spokesman on work and pensions. On David Cameron becoming Conservative leader in 2005, Paul Goodman was made a spokesman on Treasury matters. On 5 June 2009, amidst the uncertainty caused by the parliamentary expenses scandal, he announced in the Bucks Free Press that he would not be standing for Parliament at the next general election.