Member of Parliament
Mike Wood
Conservative MP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)·Opposition Whip (Commons)
At a glanceMike Wood is a Conservative MP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They currently serve as Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office). They have cast 432 votes in Commons divisions (75% attendance) and tabled 2,929 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mike Wood did not vote in 124. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently undertakes the roles of Opposition Whip (Commons), and Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office).
Current roles
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Rare Cancers Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Committee of Selection Committee since 18 Nov 2024
- Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) Opposition post · Cabinet Office since 6 Nov 2024
- Opposition Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 19 Jul 2024
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Damian Hinds
Conservative
100.0% · 406 of 406 shared votes
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 403 of 403 shared votes
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Mims Davies
Conservative
100.0% · 399 of 399 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 399 of 399 shared votes
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Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative
100.0% · 397 of 397 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.9% · 3 of 336 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
1.1% · 4 of 368 shared votes
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Ms Julie Minns
Labour
1.3% · 5 of 378 shared votes
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
1.3% · 3 of 224 shared votes
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Angela Rayner
Labour
1.4% · 3 of 211 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13824 on Summer Internship Programme, whether trade union officials have been deemed to be working class for the purposes of the parental occupational assessment
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is responsible for the efficiency of the UK Statistics Authority.
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13159 on Public Appointments, and with reference to the entry on the Direct Ministerial Appointments portal for the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 14355 on Public Appointments: Equality, whether socio-economic background of an applicant is a material consideration in the appointment process for (a) regulate
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3353 on Inter Mediate: Contracts, if he will provide relevant hyperlinks and reference numbers to each payment to Inter Mediate since July 2024, across transpare
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026, HCWS165, on Defence funding update, what reductions in programme spending will be made to (a) deliver further savings and (b) reduce d
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Court of Justice's Climate Change advisory opinion of July 2025, whether he plans to pay reparations on climate change.
Awaiting an answer from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary has taken since July 2024 to prevent conflicts of interest regarding Quadrature.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Community Cohesion
The attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie in Belfast last month shocked people throughout the country. The man accused of this horrific attack is thought to have crossed into Northern Ireland illegally from the south. People from all communi…
7 Jul 2026 Early Release of Prisoners
claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Main Question accordingly put.
6 Jul 2026 Payment Scheme
I could not agree more. It is particularly important that infected and affected victims and their families, who for many, many years were not listened to, heard or believed, and who faced officials who denied what all the evidence later pr…
6 Jul 2026 Payment Scheme
I would like to start by thanking the Paymaster General for bringing forward these important regulations and also to say thank you to the former Minister for Public Health, the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton), for her valua…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Nobody in this House should be in any doubt about the anxiety and hardship being felt by retired public servants and the grieving families left stranded by this operational collapse.…
1 Jul 2026 MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
Fundamentally, I think it comes down to the employment relationship. Obviously, as Members of Parliament, we are elected to represent constituents. It is then a question of judgment as to what activities conflict with that and prevent us d…
1 Jul 2026 MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
I thank the hon. Member for making the point that I was about to move on to. Some of the jobs that I have mentioned are better remunerated, so it is incredibly difficult to know where a formal line should be drawn in explicit rules. If …
1 Jul 2026 MPs’ Second Jobs: Prohibition
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I congratulate the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this debate. This is a vital discussion that goes to the very heart of how our democracy functions, h…
30 Jun 2026 Knife Crime: Custodial Sentences
I thank the Minister for that answer, but the latest figures show that the average custodial sentence for an adult knife or offensive weapon offence is just over eight months. Under the Sentencing Act 2026, there has been a presumption sin…
30 Jun 2026 Knife Crime: Custodial Sentences
12. What assessment he has made of trends in the number of people receiving immediate custodial sentences for knife crime offences.
25 Jun 2026 UK-EU Relations
I think everybody will have heard that the Minister has again refused to give any indication as to what he thinks would be an acceptable bill. The Government used the cover of the Prime Minister’s resignation on Monday to sneak out a wr…
25 Jun 2026 UK-EU Relations
The Minister has submitted in answers to written questions that there will be no substantive vote in this House on UK association to Erasmus+, even though the Government plan to tie us into a multi-year programme without saying what it wil…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
We have seen that Iran, seeing itself as not only a regional but an increasingly global power, is becoming increasingly willing to make physical attacks and also take sub-threshold action against our democracy. In conclusion, we do not …
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Of course. One of the reasons why those donations have been highlighted and publicised as thoroughly as they have is that they are recorded and published. I myself have not taken any donations to which that applies, but there is nothing in…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I give way briefly.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I have given way a number of times; I need to make a little progress. The petition invites vague suspicion of covert, improper activity by unnamed organisations and we must call it out for what it is. The use of terms such as “the Israe…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
The hon. Gentleman gets to the heart of the issue, as he so often does. Protest stops being peaceful protest when it involves using weapons to harm and intimidate those who hold a different view. To suggest that open and transparent advoca…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I could not agree more strongly. Let me be entirely unambiguous from the outset: His Majesty’s Opposition firmly reject the premise of the petition and any suggestion that Israel—or any British organisations expressing solidarity with it—r…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
The difference is that every day of every week of every year there are concerted attacks from Russia and China on our democratic system, on communities around the country and across online media, to try to set one part of our community aga…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
The hon. Gentleman did not have the courtesy to give way to me, but I will give way to him.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury · HM Treasury 14 Nov 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
- Assistant Whip · Whips Office (Commons) 28 Oct 2022 – 14 Nov 2023
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) · Department for Business and Trade 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- Victims and Courts Bill 17 Jun 2025 – 24 Jun 2025
- Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 12 Feb 2025 – 18 Mar 2025
- Football Governance Bill 8 May 2024 – 23 May 2024
- Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] 7 Feb 2024 – 20 Feb 2024
- Media Bill 29 Nov 2023 – 12 Dec 2023
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill 7 Jun 2023 – 11 Jul 2023
- International Trade Committee 14 Dec 2021 – 26 Apr 2023
- Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill 7 Dec 2022 – 15 Dec 2022
- Nationality and Borders Bill 22 Sep 2021 – 4 Nov 2021
- European Scrutiny Committee 7 Nov 2016 – 3 May 2017
Previous seats
- Dudley South · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 6982
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Office of Mike Wood MP, The Cottage, High Street, Wombourne, WV5 9DN
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mike Wood, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mike Wood?
Mike Wood is a Member of Parliament representing Kingswinford and South Staffordshire in the House of Commons. See Mike Wood's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mike Wood represent?
Mike Wood sits as Conservative. See Mike Wood's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mike Wood represent?
Mike Wood is the Member of Parliament for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire. See Mike Wood's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mike Wood been an MP?
Mike Wood has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Mike Wood's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mike Wood?
Mike Wood has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mike Wood's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.