Sean Woodcock | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forBanbury | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Victoria Prentis |
| Majority | 3,256 (6.7%) |
| Member ofCherwell District Council | |
| In office 4 May 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Perran Moon |
| Constituency | Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown |
| In office 3 May 2012 – 4 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Tompson |
| Succeeded by | Isabel Creed |
| Constituency | Banbury Ruscote |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sean Lee Woodcock (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (age 39) Banbury,Oxfordshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Reading (BA) University of Birmingham (MA) |
| Website | Official website |
Sean Lee Woodcock (born 25 April 1986[1]) is a BritishLabour Party politician who has served asMember of Parliament forBanbury since 2024.[2][3]
Woodcock was born atHorton General Hospital in Banbury. He is the eldest of five siblings. He attended Wroxton C of E Primary School, followed byThe Warriner School.[4] He received aBachelor of Arts degree in History fromReading University, and aMaster of Arts fromBirmingham University.[5]
Woodcock went on to work in social housing and community investment before becoming a councillor onCherwell District and Banbury Town councils in May 2012.[6] Following this, Woodcock became Mayor of Banbury from 2014 to 2015,[7] becoming the youngest mayor on record.[6] He was the Labour parliamentary candidate for Banbury in both the2015 and2017 general elections.[6] He was the Labour candidate in Banbury Calthorpe ward at the2021 Oxfordshire County Council election but was not elected.[8]
In December 2023, Woodcock was chosen as the Labour candidate for the Banbury constituency in the 2024 election.[9] He gained the seat from incumbentVictoria Prentis, who had represented the constituency since 2015 for theConservative Party and was serving asAttorney General for England and Wales at the time of her defeat.[10] He is the first Labour MP to be elected in the constituency since its creation and first non-Conservative MP since1922.
He made hismaiden speech in theHouse of Commons on 17 October 2024.[11]Woodcock opposedKim Leadbeater's bill introducingassisted suicide into law and served on the committee examining the legislation.[12]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBanbury 2024–present | Incumbent |
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