Sean Woodcock | |
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Member of Parliament for Banbury | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Victoria Prentis |
Majority | 3,256 (6.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sean Lee Woodcock Banbury,England |
Political party | Labour |
Website | seanwoodcock |
Sean Lee Woodcock is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Banbury since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he gained the seat from Victoria Prentis,who had represented the constituency since 2015 for the Conservative Party and was serving as Attorney General for England and Wales at the time of her defeat. [1] [2] He is the first Labour politician to be elected in the constituency since its creation and first non-Tory MP since 1922.
Woodcock was born at Horton General Hospital in Banbury. He is the eldest of five siblings. He attended Wroxton C of E Primary School,followed by The Warriner School. He later pursued his higher education at universities in Reading and Birmingham. [3]
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