He was expelled from the Labour benches in the House of Lords in 2002 for backing a Socialist Alliance candidate in the 2001 general election, an action he took because he strongly opposed the parachuting of Shaun Woodward, a defector from the Conservative Party, into a safe Labour seat.
His successors as Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and Wales, Shaun Woodward and Paul Murphy respectively, held each office as a single position.
Ben: Story of Ben Hardwick by Esther Rantzen, Shaun Woodward (Penguin Character Books, 1985) ISBN 0-563-20331-5
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Death by Television by Esther Rantzen, Shaun Woodward (Century, 1999) ISBN 0-7126-2543-7
Shaun of the Dead | Bob Woodward | Woodward | Joanne Woodward | Woodward, Oklahoma | Vivian Woodward | Shaun White | Shaun Murphy | Shaun Alexander | Robert Simpson Woodward | Shaun Udal | Shaun Micallef | Shaun Marsh | Shaun Cassidy | Scott Woodward | Edward Woodward | Shaun Longstaff | Shaun Benson | Shaun Anthony Harris | John Douglas Woodward | George Ratcliffe Woodward | Woodward & Lothrop | Shaun Williamson | Shaun Toub | Shaun Murphy (singer) | Shaun Greenhalgh | Shaun Gayle | Shaun Deeb | Shaun Cooper | Ralph Woodward |