Pat McFadden

**Patrick Bosco McFadden** (born 26 March 1965) is a British Labour politician serving as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2025. He was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 2024 until 2025. He has served as the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Labour National Campaign Coordinator from September 2023 until 2024. He was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2021 and 2023. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East since 2005.

McFadden attended the Cabinet of Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2009 to 2010, deputy to Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Peter Mandelson. He was Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs from 2007 to 2009, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from 2006 to 2007. Before his election to Parliament, he was Political Secretary to Tony Blair.

In opposition, he served as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the first Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman from May to October 2010. He was appointed Shadow Minister for Europe by Ed Miliband in 2014 and re-appointed by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015. McFadden was sacked from the front bench by Corbyn in 2016, and remained on the back benches until he was appointed Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury in 2020 by Keir Starmer. He was promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2021 as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office6**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
- **primeminister6**: Gordon Brown
- **term start6**: 9 June 2009
- **term end6**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor6**: Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, The Baroness Vadera
- **successor6**: Mark Prisk
- **office7**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister of State for Employment Relations
- **term start7**: 28 June 2007
- **term end7**: 5 June 2009
- **primeminister7**: Gordon Brown
- **predecessor7**: Jim Fitzpatrick (politician), Jim Fitzpatrick
- **successor7**: Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green, The Lord Young
- **office8**: Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
- **term start8**: 5 May 2006
- **term end8**: 28 June 2007
- **primeminister8**: Tony Blair
- **predecessor8**: Jim Murphy
- **successor8**: Gillian Merron


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom), Shadow Cabinet portfolios
- **subterm**: 2023–2024
- **suboffice**: Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **subterm1**: 2021–2023
- **suboffice1**: Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- **subterm2**: May 2010–
October 2010
- **suboffice2**: Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Business, Innovation and Skills
- **office3**: Junior Shadow portfolios
- **subterm3**: 2020–2021
- **suboffice3**: Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- **subterm4**: 2014–2016
- **suboffice4**: Minister for Europe


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Pat McFadden
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Pat McFadden Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office1**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **term start1**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor1**: Oliver Dowden
- **successor1**: Darren Jones
- **primeminister1**: Sir Keir Starmer
- **office2**: Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
- **term start2**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor2**: Michael Gove
- **primeminister2**: Sir Keir Starmer
- **office3**: Labour Party (UK), Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator
- **leader3**: Sir Keir Starmer
- **deputy3**: Ellie Reeves
- **predecessor3**: Shabana Mahmood
- **office10**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Wolverhampton South East
- **term start10**: 5 May 2005
- **predecessor10**: Dennis Turner
- **majority10**: 9,188 (27.5%)
- **office11**: Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **primeminister11**: Premiership of Tony Blair, Tony Blair
- **term start11**: 2002
- **term end11**: 2005
- **predecessor11**: Robert Hill
- **successor11**: John McTernan
- **birth name**: Patrick Bosco McFadden
- **birth place**: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **alma mater**: University of Edinburgh
- **termstart3**: 4 September 2023
- **termend3**: 5 July 2024
- **office**: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- **term start**: 5 September 2025
- **primeminister**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor**: Liz Kendall
- **termend1**: 5 September 2025
- **spouse**: Marianna McFadden
- **children**: 2