Sean Woodcock MP: votes, interests and costs
Sean Woodcock represents Banbury in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Sean Woodcock sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 18 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 27 October 2025 | 22 June 2026 |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 15 September 2025 | 28 October 2025 |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c8d245edc84b.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Sean Woodcock, as the MP registered them: Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 4 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026
- Purpose of the visit: I undertook this visit as part of my participation in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. Training and learning to understand more about the work of the UK Armed Forces in Brunei.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-29
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 £84,659 for Sean Woodcock in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £15,573 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £84,658.52 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,573.16 |
| Accommodation: spent | £13,063.11 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,935.09 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Banbury CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Policy Assistant (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 579 votes by Sean Woodcock in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 57 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Sean Woodcock voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Since 4 July 2024, 10 written questions have been tabled by Sean Woodcock, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Defence and 2 other departments.
Mobile Broadband: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the report published by TYI on 18 March 2026, titled ‘Small Changes, Big Rewards: Ensuring planning connects with mobile infrastructure ambitions’.
Aerials: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her department has made of the potential economic impact of an increase in notifications to mobile telecommunications companies under the Notice to Quit regime.
Aerials: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reforming the Notice to Quit regime to reduce disruption to mobile data coverage and capacity.
Planning: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many members of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel have been allocated to support the drafting of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation in pursuit of planning reform …
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase military support to Ukraine.
Chiltern Railways: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Chiltern Railways to help prevent overcrowding.
Electronic Government: Banbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the accessibility of Government digital services in Banbury.
Homelessness: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support veterans affected by homelessness.
Local Government: Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list every case in which Secretaries of State have granted consent under Section 128(1) of the 1972 Local Government Act for disposal of building for (a) less than be …
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve health outcomes in maternal and neonatal care.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f599b0c6c911. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sean Woodcock.
2024 general election
Sean Woodcock won Banbury at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,468 votes (38.3%), a majority of 3,256 over Victoria Prentis (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Banbury 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.