Shaun Anthony Woodward ( born October 26 , 1958 in Bristol , England ) is a British politician and is the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in Ed Miliband 's shadow cabinet . He is the Labor Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the constituency of St Helens South in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . Shaun Anthony Woodward ( born 26 October 1958 ) is a British Labor Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for St Helens South since 2001 .