John Woodcock (politician)
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John Woodcock MP |
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Woodcock in 2015
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| Shadow Minister for Transport | |
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In office 9 October 2010 – 6 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Willie Bain |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Zeichner |
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Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness |
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Assumed office 7 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Hutton |
| Majority | 795 (1.8%) |
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14 October 1978 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Website | www |
John Zak Woodcock (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness since 2010.
Woodcock was born in Sheffield, attended the University of Edinburgh and worked as an aide to John Hutton from 2005 to 2008 and later as Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He is in a relationship with the political journalist Isabel Hardman.
Woodcock was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness in the 2010 general election with a majority of 5,208. He succeeded John Hutton, Labour MP for the constituency since 1992.
On 10 October 2010, only five months after being elected to Parliament, he was named a Shadow Minister for Transport. He stepped down from this post in January 2013. From July 2011 – January 2013 Woodcock was Chair of Labour Friends of Israel.
He was also a member of the Public Bill Committee for the Defence Reform Act 2014
Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of Progress, a ginger group within the Labour Party, promoting Blairite policies within the party.
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