Paul Goodman, Baron Goodman of Wycombe

The Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
11 March 2024
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Wycombe
In office
7 June 2001 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byRay Whitney
Succeeded bySteve Baker
Personal details
Born
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman

(1959-11-17) 17 November 1959 (age 64)
London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseFiona Mary Ann Gill
ResidenceHigh Wycombe
Alma materUniversity of York
OccupationPolitician and Journalist

Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman, Baron Goodman of Wycombe (born 17 November 1959) 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. In 2024, Goodman was elevated to the House of Lords by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.[1]

From 2013 to 2024, Goodman served as editor of the centre-right political blog ConservativeHome.[2] His work on the blog earned him a reputation for wielding significant influence over the Conservative Party, the centre-left New Statesman magazine calling him the "authoritative commentator or Tory politics" and the 28th most powerful right-wing figure in Britain.[3]

  1. ^ Walker, Peter (9 February 2024). "Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Conservative Home". Conservativehome.blogs.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ Statesman, New (27 September 2023). "The New Statesman's right power list". New Statesman. Retrieved 14 December 2023.