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Paul Goggins (Paul Gerard Goggins) was born on 16 June, 1953 in Manchester, England, is a British politician (1953–2014). Discover Paul Goggins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Paul Gerard Goggins
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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 16 June 1953
Birthday 16 June
Birthplace Manchester, England
Date of death 2014
Died Place Salford, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Wyn Bartley (m. 1977)

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1953

Paul Gerard Goggins (16 June 1953 – 7 January 2014) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wythenshawe and Sale East from 1997 until his death in January 2014.

He was also previously a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office.

1971

Paul Goggins was born in Manchester and educated at St Bede's College, before going on to study at the Roman Catholic seminary Ushaw College (1971–1973), although he did not enter the priesthood.

1974

He worked as a child care worker with the 'Liverpool Catholic Social Services' for a year in 1974, before becoming an officer in charge at the Wigan Children's Home in 1976.

1976

He went on to study at the Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University), receiving a Certificate in Residential Care of Children and Young People in 1976.

1977

He married Wyn Bartley in 1977 in Crosby and they had two sons and a daughter.

He was a season ticket holder at Manchester City F.C. He was also a member of the Christian socialist movement who broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day slot on the Today programme.

1982

Later, he earned a Certificate of Qualification in Social Work from the Manchester Polytechnic in 1982.

1984

He was appointed as project director for the NCH Action for Children in Salford in 1984.

1989

He became the national director for Church Action on Poverty, a national church-based campaigning organisation, in 1989 where he remained until his election to Westminster.

1990

He served as a councillor in the City of Salford from 1990 to 1998.

1997

He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election for the newly created Wythenshawe and Sale East seat vacated by the retirement of Alf Morris, the former Labour MP for Manchester Wythenshawe.

Goggins held the safe Labour seat with a majority of 15,019 and remained the MP there for almost 17 years.

He made his maiden speech on 20 May 1997.

He served on the social security select committee from 1997 until he was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Minister of State at the Department of Social Security John Denham in 1998, moving with Denham to the Department of Health in 1999.

2000

In 2000 he was appointed PPS to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett, and he remained Blunketts's PPS following the 2001 General Election in his new position as Home Secretary.

It is during this period that, according to Blunkett, Goggins was lumbered with the nickname 'Mrs Goggins'.

2003

He was promoted to the government of Tony Blair in 2003, where he was made the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office with the role of prisons and probation minister.

He became the parliamentary under Secretary for State with responsibility for the voluntary and community sector.

He forged links with various community and voluntary sector organisations such as ARVAC The Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector.

2004

In an interview on BBC Radio Five Live in 2004, he claimed his family was the inspiration for the "Mrs Goggins" character in the Postman Pat series.

2006

In May 2006, he was appointed as a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office.

He was the co-founder of the All Party Parliamentary Friends of CAFOD group and was Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group on poverty.

Goggins opposed same-sex marriage, stating that he would vote against the government's bill to introduce same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

2013

In the second reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in February 2013 he was one of 23 Labour MPs who voted against the legislation.

On 30 December 2013, Goggins became seriously ill after collapsing while running, resulting in emergency surgery.

2014

He died in Salford Royal Hospital on 7 January 2014 following complications from a brain haemorrhage, having never regained consciousness.