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Lord Wood of Anfield

Labour Under-Secretary Serving minister Wikipedia ↗
Born
1968
School
The Judd School, Tonbridge
State grammar
University
University College, Oxford
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
0.2 years
Longer than 1% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation

In government

AB
Appointed by Andy Burnham
1 post · 2026–now
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCDO
    Under-Secretary 2026/07 – now

Career

Before Parliament 5

1995–2011
teaching fellow
Oxford University
Teaching & academia
1996–2011
Politics Tutor
Magdalen College, Oxford
Teaching & academia
2001–2007
member
Council of Economic Advisers (HM Treasury)
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
2007–2010
adviser
Gordon Brown (Prime Minister)
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd
2010–2015
campaign manager and adviser
Ed Miliband
Political staff / party / think tank / SpAd

Alongside Parliament 2

2016–
Fellow of Practice
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Teaching & academia
Undated
emeritus fellow (unpaid)
Magdalen College, Oxford
Teaching & academiaunverified

Date unknown 1

Undated
Role not stated
Magdalen College
Teaching & academia

Voting record

791
votes since 2016
2
votes against their own party, 0.3% of 765 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 5 votes
26
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Lord Wood of Anfield0.3%
Typical Labour0.1%
Typical Conservative0.3%
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst

Free votes their own view

Votes against their party latest 2

Read the full voting transcript (791 votes)

Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.