Sean Woodcock is the Labour MP for Banbury, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Finance Committee (Commons), Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 109th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 8%. 46 contributions since 2024-07-23.
What they’ve raised
Sean Woodcock has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particularly detailed contributions on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill where he raised concerns about drug safety, NHS responsibility, and safeguarding procedures. He has also spoken on maternity services in his Banbury constituency, noting improvements at the Horton hospital following CQC upgrades, and highlighted gaps in mental health provision for children and adolescents. His engagement spans multiple health topics including neonatal care, NHS waiting lists, and palliative care, primarily through formal parliamentary debate rather than written questions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Assisted dying9th of 34793.0
- Palliative & end of life care23rd of 55251.0
- NHS waiting lists51st of 53018.0
- Maternity & neonatal48th of 42715.0
- Mental health226th of 86715.0
- Cancer224th of 6136.0
- GP access89th of 2323.0
- Heart disease & stroke170th of 3863.0
What they’ve said
“Q10. Maternity care in north Oxfordshire declined under the previous Government, with the loss of consultant-led services at the Horton hospital—where I was born—and serious failings by the trust, which is now part of Baroness Amos’s inquiry.”
Engagements · 2026-06-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Demand has surged. Supply has stalled. My inbox swells as the local housing waiting list ticks up and up, quadrupling in a single decade. This is what I say to the local voices who question why Cherwell district council, which covers Banbury, must contribute to Oxford’s unmet housing need: “It is no longer Oxford’s nee…”
Housing Needs: Young People · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Conservatives left our communities with sky-high NHS waiting lists. They left village schools that were literally crumbling. They left terrible infrastructure and country roads riddled with potholes. They left rivers like the Cherwell in decline, clogged with sewage.”
Rural Communities · 2026-01-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for finally giving way. He has been very generous, as always, with his time. Does he accept that the danger with inserting the consultations that have been proposed in so many Opposition amendments is that the only growth we will see is in the number of officers in the strategic auth…”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Eighth sitting) · 2025-10-21 ·