Banbury.

Woodcock's most notable recent act was voting against his party on the assisted dying bill at Third Reading in June 2025 -- one of five rebel votes he cast that day. He opposed the bill's final passage and split from Labour majorities on two amendments related to voluntary stopping of eating and drinking as a route to eligibility, suggesting a consistently cautious position on the legislation rather than ad hoc dissent. Beyond that single conscience vote cluster, he has backed his party on virtually everything else, including tightened asylum support rules and the government's King's Speech programme.

A 98.4% party-line voter across 488 of 521 possible votes, Woodcock is one of Labour's more reliable MPs -- his participation rate of 94% sits above the Commons average. His 170 parliamentary contributions span social care, health, the economy and local government, consistent with his seats on the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee and the Finance Committee. He scores notably higher than the Labour average on parliamentary scrutiny votes (+14 percentage points), and lower on criminal justice reform (-14 points) and disability benefits.

Locally, his news coverage over the past 90 days runs heavily to crime (36 articles), though average sentiment across 125 articles is near neutral, suggesting routine rather than controversial coverage. Highlighted stories include raising constituent concerns about illegal hunting in Parliament, supporting a social media ban for under-16s, and visiting schools -- a pattern of visible local engagement rather than headline-grabbing policy positions. No data on ministerial or shadow roles is available; he remains a backbencher whose profile is built primarily through constituency work and committee activity.