Mike Wood MP: votes, interests and costs
Mike Wood represents Kingswinford and South Staffordshire in the House of Commons for Conservative and has done since 7 May 2015. The Members API lists the post of Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) from 6 November 2024.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Mike Wood, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 6 November 2024 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Whips Office (Commons) | 14 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 |
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 28 October 2022 | 14 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 19 July 2024 | 6 November 2024 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 19 July 2024 | 31 August 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rare Cancers Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Victims and Courts Bill | 17 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
| Committee of Selection | 18 November 2024 | 8 September 2026 |
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] | 7 February 2024 | 20 February 2024 |
| Media Bill | 29 November 2023 | 12 December 2023 |
| Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | 7 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 |
| Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill | 7 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 |
| International Trade Committee | 14 December 2021 | 26 April 2023 |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 22 September 2021 | 4 November 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8f1cf313f9c8.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Mike Wood: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 27 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Silverstone Circuits Limited - £1,100.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality at the practice day of the British Grand Prix for me and one guest
- Value of the benefit: £1,100.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-03
- Name of the donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Silverstone Circuits Limited
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £222,264 for Mike Wood in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £181,637. Office costs came to £19,928 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £222,263.83 | £181,637.15 | £165,375.72 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,928.12 | £21,821.03 | £18,617.51 |
| Accommodation: spent | £26,200.31 | £25,814.51 | £24,410.71 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,514.65 | £6,911.22 | £5,255.51 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £42,650 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Kingswinford and South Staffordshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Communications Officer ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mike Wood is recorded voting in 487 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 42 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 4,112 written questions from Mike Wood since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Treasury; and others.
Packaging: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the "UK-EU SPS agreement – information for businesses" published on 12 August 2026, what discussions she has had with businesses on EU regulations on food packaging a …
Agriculture: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy that British farms and food manufacturers will be obliged to follow EU farming and food regulations, following the SPS agreement, if the firms (a)
Flour: Folic Acid
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Impact Assessment, Amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998, of 13 November 2024, page 3, how many times has the UK-wide monitoring group met to date in rela …
UK Health Security Agency: Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average percentage attendance rate was of assigned UKHSA staff at 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester in the most recent working week for which figures are available (a) as a percentage of assi …
Press: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026, to Question 21006, on Media: Regulation, what is her Department's policy on further regulation of the press.
Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Government intends to cite provisional estimates by the OBR in the future.
Government Securities: Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for 30 year gilts reaching 6% as of 1 October 2026.
Press: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has received representations from Amnesty International on (a) regulation of the press and (b) legislative action to impose limitations on the number of news artic …
Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the office attendance target is for HM Treasury staff assigned to Darlington; and what the attendance rate was in the last quarter.
Union Learning Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the HMT press release, "Chancellor backs young people into work by supporting jobs", of 28 September, if he will itemise the savings found by his Department for the Union Learning Fund, and i …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 362ae0db9f8c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mike Wood.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Kingswinford and South Staffordshire returned Mike Wood with a majority of 6,303: 18,199 votes, 40.3% of those cast, against 11,896 for Sally Benton. Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Kingswinford and South Staffordshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.