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| caption = Woodcock in 2017
| office = [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]]
| primeminister = [[Boris Johnson]]
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| office1 = [[Department for Transport|Shadow Minister for Transport]]
| leader1 = [[Ed Miliband]]
| predecessor1 = [[Willie Bain]]
| successor1 = [[Daniel Zeichner]]
| term_start1 = 9 October 2010
| term_end1 = 6 September 2015
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]]
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| predecessor2 = [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]]
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| birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], England<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251659/ "Who's Who"]. ''Who's Who?''. Retrieved on 1 July 2016.</ref>
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| partner = [[Isabel Hardman]]
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'''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]. Woodcock was suspended and subsequently had the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Whip (politics)|whip]] withdrawn on 30 April 2018 following allegations of sexual harassment made against him. He then sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] Member of Parliament and on 18 July 2018 resigned from the Labour Party. He announced in November 2019 that he would not be standing in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] and instead be supporting the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].
==Early life and career==
Woodcock was born in [[Sheffield]] to parents who were teachers, his mother at [[Rotherham College of Arts and Technology]]. His father was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor. He was educated at [[Tapton School]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]]. While taking his degree he took time out to work as a journalist on ''[[The Scotsman]]'', before returning to the university to complete his English and history degree.<ref name=feweek-20150907>{{cite news |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/07/the-listening-man-2/ |title=Profiles – John Woodcock, shadow minister for young people |last=Cooney |first=Rebecca |newspaper=FE Week |date=7 September 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722131621/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/07/the-listening-man-2/ |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ph-20120301>{{cite news |url=https://www.politicshome.com/interview/67579/john-woodcock-all-action-mp |title=John Woodcock: The all action MP |last=Macrory |first=Sam |website=PoliticsHome |date=1 March 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330213535/https://www.politicshome.com/interview/67579/john-woodcock-all-action-mp |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=times-20180721/>
Woodcock was elected to run the London branch of [[Labour Students]], and then worked for the Labour Party on the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] campaign.<ref name=feweek-20150907/> He later worked as an aide to [[John Hutton (Labour MP)|John Hutton]] from 2005 to 2008 and later as [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]].<ref name="Meet Labour's man set to replace John Hutton">{{cite news
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|url = http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/meet_labour_s_man_set_to_replace_john_hutton_1_570895?referrerPath=news
|publisher = North-West Evening Mail
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==Parliamentary career==
Woodcock was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as Member of Parliament for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] with a majority of 5,208.<ref name="Barrow & Furness">{{cite news| title = Barrow & Furness| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| work = BBC News| accessdate = 8 May 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100509042146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| archive-date = 9 May 2010| url-status = live}}</ref> He succeeded [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]], the constituency's Labour MP 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 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2013, Woodcock announced he was suffering from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and sought treatment for the condition.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html I am depressed and I have decided to get help] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719041504/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html |date=19 July 2018 }} ''[[The Independent]]'', 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.</ref>
He was a member of the [[Public Bill Committee]] for the [[Defence Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|title=House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013–14|publisher=Parliament.uk|date=|accessdate=17 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055141/http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>
In March 2015, Woodcock was reported to the UK [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]]. The investigation concerned his office's use of public funds for postage-paid envelopes and whether this contravened a rule which prohibits public funds being used to support the return of a person to public office. The postage-paid envelopes had been used in relation to a local Save Our Hospital campaign, an issue the local Conservative candidate claimed was prominent on Woodcock's [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 General Election]] campaign leaflets.<ref name="Barrow MP reported to watchdog over envelopes for raffle">{{cite web
| title = Barrow MP reported to watchdog over envelopes for raffle
| url = http://www.nwemail.co.uk/News/Barrow/Barrow-MP-reported-to-watchdog-over-envelopes-for-raffle-2d7e7592-a561-4016-a4c4-f36a479e116b-ds
| publisher = North-West Evening Mail 5 March 2015
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}}</ref> During the Commission's investigation, Woodcock admitted that he should not have used public funds for such a purpose and the Commissioner upheld the complaint, finding that Woodcock contravened parliamentary rules. Woodcock returned the £1881.22, which his office had spent on the envelopes, to the House of Commons.<ref name="Complaint about Mr John Woodcock MP">{{cite web
| title = Complaint about Mr John Woodcock MP
| url = http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/rectifications/John-Woodcock-MP.pdf
| publisher = Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
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In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name=feweek-20150907/><ref name=feweek-20150914>{{cite news |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down |last=Offord |first=Paul |newspaper=FE Week |date=14 September 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |archive-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Since [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was elected leader of the Labour Party, Woodcock has been a strong critic, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme" and would seek his constituency party's re-nomination.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, Woodcock supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]] against the [[Shia]] [[Houthis]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Labour rebels who didn't back the Yemen vote have blood on their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |last=Wearing |first=David |work=The Guardian |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162732/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and, in 2018, met the king of Saudi Arabia, [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]], in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, in his role as chair of Labour's backbench foreign affairs committee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sims |first1=Vanessa |title=From Barrow to Saudi Arabia – John Woodcock leads delegation to meet King Salman |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=[[The Mail (Cumbria)|The Mail]] |date=12 April 2018 |location=Cumbria, UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724020712/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |archive-date=24 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Woodcock was re-elected in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], with a reduced majority of 209 votes.<ref>{{cite news | title = Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | work = BBC News | access-date = 12 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170606094131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | archive-date = 6 June 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref>
On 16 January 2019, Woodcock abstained in the [[2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry|vote of confidence in Theresa May's Conservative government]], saying Corbyn was "unfit to lead the country".<ref name="Guardian17012019">{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Eglot |first2=Jessica |last3=Walker |first3=Peter |title=Theresa May survives vote, but Britain remains in Brexit deadlock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117000103/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 November, he announced he would not be re-standing as an MP in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], due to his partner Isabel Hardman's pregnancy.<ref name="pregnancy">{{cite tweet|user=JWoodcockMP|first=John|last=Woodcock|number=1191352598147878913|title=Some sad news prompted by wonderful news - I’ve decided not to re-stand in the general election because @IsabelHardman and I are having a baby! 🤰🏻 Letter to my constituents:|date=4 November 2019}}</ref> On 5 November, the government announced it would be appointing him special envoy for countering far-right violent extremism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|title=Barrow ex-Labour MP John Woodcock appointed extremism envoy|date=5 November 2019|accessdate=7 November 2019|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106222758/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|archive-date=6 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated he would be supporting the Conservative Party in the upcoming election, and urged voters to vote Conservative.<ref name="nwemail-20191108">{{cite news |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |title=Former Barrow Labour MP urges people to vote Conservative |last=Taylor |first=Dan |newspaper=North West Evening Mail |location=Barrow-in-Furness |date=8 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112172556/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian-20191107">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |title=Two former Labour MPs urge voters to back Boris Johnson |last=Mason |first=Rowena |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112032459/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Sexual harassment accusation and resignation from the Labour Party===
On 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn following the allegations of sexual harassment. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The allegation was that he sent inappropriate [[SMS]] and other messages to a former employee between 2014 and 2016.<ref name=guardian-20180718>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case |last=Walker |first=Peter |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 July 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name=sky-20180624>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name=bbc-20180718>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Woodcock sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] MP before joining a loose grouping of [[pro-European]] MPs known as [[The Independents (UK)|The Independents]] in July 2019.<ref name="cityam1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|title=Take two: Ex-Change UK MPs forge new alliance called The Independents|date=10 July 2019|website=CityAM|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150537/https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|title=Barrow MP joins new breakaway group The Independents|website=The Mail|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711140600/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Later career ==
In April 2020, Woodcock was named as part of a consortium, led by [[Robbie Gibb]] and including [[William Shawcross]] and [[John Ware (TV journalist)|John Ware]], that put in a bid to purchase the assets of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/76e726ba-7c26-4a32-ac1a-f64c379996c8|title=Fury at emergence of rival bid for Jewish Chronicle|last=|first=|date=|website=Financial Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' chairman Alan Jacobs criticised the offer's anonymity, saying "A bid for the Jewish Chronicle using money from an unidentified source and fronted by a group of individuals who refuse to tell the world anything of their plans looks like a shameful attempt to hijack the world's oldest Jewish newspaper."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mystery-over-secret-consortiums-bid-for-jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news/|title=Mystery over consortium’s ‘shameful’ bid for Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News|last=Reporter|first=Jewish News|website=jewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The bid was successful.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/23/jewish-chronicle-saved-by-consortium-after-messy-takeover-battle|title=Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle|date=2020-04-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-28|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]]. He was created '''Baron Walney''' on 4 September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3917/contact |accessdate=4 September 2020 |publisher=UK Parliament |title=Lord Walney}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They divorced in 2015.<ref name=telegraph-20150807/>
Woodcock is in a relationship with the journalist [[Isabel Hardman]], assistant editor of ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine.<ref name=politico-20170913>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |title=Westminster's power couples |last=Dickson |first=Annabelle |newspaper=Politico |date=13 September 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109165118/https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=times-20180721>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |title=John Woodcock interview: 'Corbyn would leave our country and its allies at risk of nuclear blackmail' |author=Rachel Sylvester, Alice Thomson |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=21 July 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103093318/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |archive-date=3 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son Jacob on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>
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'''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] and before that worked as an aide to Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]. He was one of a number of opposition politicians ennobled in Boris Johnson's controversial Dissolution Honours list in 2020 after he urged voters to back the Conservatives in the 2019 General Election.
==Early life and career==
Woodcock was born in [[Sheffield]] to parents who were teachers, his mother at [[Rotherham College of Arts and Technology]]. His father was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor. He was educated at [[Tapton School]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]]. While taking his degree he took time out to work as a journalist on ''[[The Scotsman]]'', before returning to the university to complete his English and history degree.<ref name=feweek-20150907>{{cite news |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/07/the-listening-man-2/ |title=Profiles – John Woodcock, shadow minister for young people |last=Cooney |first=Rebecca |newspaper=FE Week |date=7 September 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722131621/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/07/the-listening-man-2/ |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ph-20120301>{{cite news |url=https://www.politicshome.com/interview/67579/john-woodcock-all-action-mp |title=John Woodcock: The all action MP |last=Macrory |first=Sam |website=PoliticsHome |date=1 March 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330213535/https://www.politicshome.com/interview/67579/john-woodcock-all-action-mp |archive-date=30 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=times-20180721/>
Woodcock was elected to run the London branch of [[Labour Students]], and then worked for the Labour Party on the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] campaign.<ref name=feweek-20150907/> He later worked as an aide to [[John Hutton (Labour MP)|John Hutton]] from 2005 to 2008 and later as [[Special advisers (UK government)|Special Adviser]] to Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]].<ref name="Meet Labour's man set to replace John Hutton">{{cite news
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==Parliamentary career==
Woodcock was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as Member of Parliament for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] with a majority of 5,208.<ref name="Barrow & Furness">{{cite news| title = Barrow & Furness| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| work = BBC News| accessdate = 8 May 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100509042146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| archive-date = 9 May 2010| url-status = live}}</ref> He succeeded [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]], the constituency's Labour MP 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 for health reasons following an accident in January 2013. In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name="feweek-20150907" /><ref name="feweek-20150914">{{cite news|last=Offord|first=Paul|date=14 September 2015|title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down|newspaper=FE Week|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|url-status=live|accessdate=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|archive-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
From July 2011 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>
Woodcock was a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme".<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2018, he criticised Corbyn's stance on Russia and the [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|Salisbury attack]], saying it was 'just not true' that the Labour leader had been a critic of Russia. He later told friends he was considering quitting the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Senior Labour MP ready to quit over Corbyn's stance on anti-Semitism and Russia|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5926871/labour-john-woodcock-jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism-russia/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Sun|language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 2016, Woodcock supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]] against the [[Shia]] [[Houthis]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Labour rebels who didn't back the Yemen vote have blood on their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |last=Wearing |first=David |work=The Guardian |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162732/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and, in 2018, met the king of Saudi Arabia, [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]], in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, in his role as chair of Labour's backbench foreign affairs committee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sims |first1=Vanessa |title=From Barrow to Saudi Arabia – John Woodcock leads delegation to meet King Salman |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=[[The Mail (Cumbria)|The Mail]] |date=12 April 2018 |location=Cumbria, UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724020712/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |archive-date=24 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 16 January 2019, Woodcock abstained in the [[2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry|vote of confidence in Theresa May's Conservative government]], saying Corbyn was "unfit to lead the country".<ref name="Guardian17012019">{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Eglot |first2=Jessica |last3=Walker |first3=Peter |title=Theresa May survives vote, but Britain remains in Brexit deadlock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117000103/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 November, he announced he would not be re-standing as an MP in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], due to his partner Isabel Hardman's pregnancy.<ref name="pregnancy">{{cite tweet|user=JWoodcockMP|first=John|last=Woodcock|number=1191352598147878913|title=Some sad news prompted by wonderful news - I’ve decided not to re-stand in the general election because @IsabelHardman and I are having a baby! 🤰🏻 Letter to my constituents:|date=4 November 2019}}</ref> On 5 November, the government announced it would be appointing him special envoy for countering far-right violent extremism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|title=Barrow ex-Labour MP John Woodcock appointed extremism envoy|date=5 November 2019|accessdate=7 November 2019|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106222758/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|archive-date=6 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated he would be supporting the Conservative Party in the upcoming election, and urged voters to vote Conservative.<ref name="nwemail-20191108">{{cite news |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |title=Former Barrow Labour MP urges people to vote Conservative |last=Taylor |first=Dan |newspaper=North West Evening Mail |location=Barrow-in-Furness |date=8 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112172556/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian-20191107">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |title=Two former Labour MPs urge voters to back Boris Johnson |last=Mason |first=Rowena |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112032459/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Sexual harassment accusation and resignation from the Labour Party===
In November 2017, a former staff member of Woodcock's complained to the Labour Party that he had sent her inappropriate text messages between 2014 and 2016. She reportedly asked for the case to be kept private<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pogrund|first=Gabriel|title=Left Out|publisher=Random House|year=2020|isbn=1847926452|location=|pages=61}}</ref>, but the following year, details were leaked to two newspapers and on 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name="sky-20180624">{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> A subject access request by the MP to the party found emails in which officials discussed the need to 'deal with Woodcock' in the run-up to the 2017 election, citing another case where an MP had been accused of sexual impropriety as an example of how the party could refuse to endorse a candidate. A senior party figure told ''The Guardian'' newspaper that: “There was always a group of people in the leader’s office who wanted to hang a couple of our MPs on the right wing of the party out to dry, but wiser heads always prevailed.” They added: “They were really, really going for him”<ref>{{Cite news|last=editor|first=Heather Stewart Political|date=2018-07-18|title=Corbyn allies discussed how to 'deal with' John Woodcock before election|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/corbyn-allies-discussed-how-to-deal-with-john-woodcock-before-election|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>. In September 2020, it was reported<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|url=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> that officials working on the case had suspected Corbyn aide [[Karie Murphy]] of leaking the confidential details of the case<ref name=":0" />.
On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name="bbc-20180718">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718">{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Peter|date=18 July 2018|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|url-status=live|accessdate=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718" /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Woodcock sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] MP before joining a loose grouping of [[pro-European]] MPs known as [[The Independents (UK)|The Independents]] in July 2019.<ref name="cityam1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|title=Take two: Ex-Change UK MPs forge new alliance called The Independents|date=10 July 2019|website=CityAM|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150537/https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|title=Barrow MP joins new breakaway group The Independents|website=The Mail|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711140600/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Ennoblement ===
Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]], along with four other former Labour MPs who had backed Johnson's Brexit deal or endorsed the Conservatives in the election. He was created '''''Baron Walney''''' and will sit as a non-affiliated life peer.
== Later career ==
In April 2020, Woodcock was named as part of a consortium, led by [[Robbie Gibb]] and including [[William Shawcross]] and [[John Ware (TV journalist)|John Ware]], that put in a bid to purchase the assets of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/76e726ba-7c26-4a32-ac1a-f64c379996c8|title=Fury at emergence of rival bid for Jewish Chronicle|last=|first=|date=|website=Financial Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' chairman Alan Jacobs criticised the offer's anonymity, saying "A bid for the Jewish Chronicle using money from an unidentified source and fronted by a group of individuals who refuse to tell the world anything of their plans looks like a shameful attempt to hijack the world's oldest Jewish newspaper."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mystery-over-secret-consortiums-bid-for-jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news/|title=Mystery over consortium’s ‘shameful’ bid for Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News|last=Reporter|first=Jewish News|website=jewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The bid was successful.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/23/jewish-chronicle-saved-by-consortium-after-messy-takeover-battle|title=Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle|date=2020-04-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-28|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Woodcock is in a relationship with the journalist [[Isabel Hardman]], assistant editor of ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine.<ref name=politico-20170913>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |title=Westminster's power couples |last=Dickson |first=Annabelle |newspaper=Politico |date=13 September 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109165118/https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=times-20180721>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |title=John Woodcock interview: 'Corbyn would leave our country and its allies at risk of nuclear blackmail' |author=Rachel Sylvester, Alice Thomson |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=21 July 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103093318/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |archive-date=3 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son, Jacob, on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>
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-'''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]. Woodcock was suspended and subsequently had the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Whip (politics)|whip]] withdrawn on 30 April 2018 following allegations of sexual harassment made against him. He then sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] Member of Parliament and on 18 July 2018 resigned from the Labour Party. He announced in November 2019 that he would not be standing in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] and instead be supporting the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].
+'''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] and before that worked as an aide to Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]. He was one of a number of opposition politicians ennobled in Boris Johnson's controversial Dissolution Honours list in 2020 after he urged voters to back the Conservatives in the 2019 General Election.
==Early life and career==
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Woodcock was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as Member of Parliament for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] with a majority of 5,208.<ref name="Barrow & Furness">{{cite news| title = Barrow & Furness| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| work = BBC News| accessdate = 8 May 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100509042146/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a14.stm| archive-date = 9 May 2010| url-status = live}}</ref> He succeeded [[John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness|John Hutton]], the constituency's Labour MP 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.
+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 for health reasons following an accident in January 2013. In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name="feweek-20150907" /><ref name="feweek-20150914">{{cite news|last=Offord|first=Paul|date=14 September 2015|title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down|newspaper=FE Week|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|url-status=live|accessdate=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|archive-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
-From July 2011 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
+From July 2011 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>
-In December 2013, Woodcock announced he was suffering from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and sought treatment for the condition.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html I am depressed and I have decided to get help] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719041504/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html |date=19 July 2018 }} ''[[The Independent]]'', 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.</ref>
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-He was a member of the [[Public Bill Committee]] for the [[Defence Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|title=House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013–14|publisher=Parliament.uk|date=|accessdate=17 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055141/http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>
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-In March 2015, Woodcock was reported to the UK [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]]. The investigation concerned his office's use of public funds for postage-paid envelopes and whether this contravened a rule which prohibits public funds being used to support the return of a person to public office. The postage-paid envelopes had been used in relation to a local Save Our Hospital campaign, an issue the local Conservative candidate claimed was prominent on Woodcock's [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 General Election]] campaign leaflets.<ref name="Barrow MP reported to watchdog over envelopes for raffle">{{cite web
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-}}</ref> During the Commission's investigation, Woodcock admitted that he should not have used public funds for such a purpose and the Commissioner upheld the complaint, finding that Woodcock contravened parliamentary rules. Woodcock returned the £1881.22, which his office had spent on the envelopes, to the House of Commons.<ref name="Complaint about Mr John Woodcock MP">{{cite web
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-In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name=feweek-20150907/><ref name=feweek-20150914>{{cite news |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down |last=Offord |first=Paul |newspaper=FE Week |date=14 September 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |archive-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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-Since [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was elected leader of the Labour Party, Woodcock has been a strong critic, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme" and would seek his constituency party's re-nomination.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Woodcock was a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme".<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2018, he criticised Corbyn's stance on Russia and the [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|Salisbury attack]], saying it was 'just not true' that the Labour leader had been a critic of Russia. He later told friends he was considering quitting the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Senior Labour MP ready to quit over Corbyn's stance on anti-Semitism and Russia|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5926871/labour-john-woodcock-jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism-russia/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Sun|language=en-gb}}</ref>
In 2016, Woodcock supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]] against the [[Shia]] [[Houthis]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Labour rebels who didn't back the Yemen vote have blood on their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |last=Wearing |first=David |work=The Guardian |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162732/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/28/emily-thornberry-labour-mps-blood-hands-yemen-conflict-saudi-arabia |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and, in 2018, met the king of Saudi Arabia, [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|King Salman]], in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, in his role as chair of Labour's backbench foreign affairs committee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sims |first1=Vanessa |title=From Barrow to Saudi Arabia – John Woodcock leads delegation to meet King Salman |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=[[The Mail (Cumbria)|The Mail]] |date=12 April 2018 |location=Cumbria, UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724020712/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/From-Barrow-to-Saudi-Arabia-John-Woodcock-leads-delegation-to-meet-King-Salman-216090a3-91a7-44bc-9db3-327a5415c0b3-ds |archive-date=24 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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-Woodcock was re-elected in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], with a reduced majority of 209 votes.<ref>{{cite news | title = Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | work = BBC News | access-date = 12 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170606094131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | archive-date = 6 June 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref>
On 16 January 2019, Woodcock abstained in the [[2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry|vote of confidence in Theresa May's Conservative government]], saying Corbyn was "unfit to lead the country".<ref name="Guardian17012019">{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Eglot |first2=Jessica |last3=Walker |first3=Peter |title=Theresa May survives vote, but Britain remains in Brexit deadlock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |accessdate=17 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117000103/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/16/mays-government-survives-no-confidence-vote-after-brexit-defeat |archive-date=17 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 4 November, he announced he would not be re-standing as an MP in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], due to his partner Isabel Hardman's pregnancy.<ref name="pregnancy">{{cite tweet|user=JWoodcockMP|first=John|last=Woodcock|number=1191352598147878913|title=Some sad news prompted by wonderful news - I’ve decided not to re-stand in the general election because @IsabelHardman and I are having a baby! 🤰🏻 Letter to my constituents:|date=4 November 2019}}</ref> On 5 November, the government announced it would be appointing him special envoy for countering far-right violent extremism.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|title=Barrow ex-Labour MP John Woodcock appointed extremism envoy|date=5 November 2019|accessdate=7 November 2019|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106222758/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50304492|archive-date=6 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated he would be supporting the Conservative Party in the upcoming election, and urged voters to vote Conservative.<ref name="nwemail-20191108">{{cite news |url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |title=Former Barrow Labour MP urges people to vote Conservative |last=Taylor |first=Dan |newspaper=North West Evening Mail |location=Barrow-in-Furness |date=8 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112172556/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/18023455.former-barrow-labour-mp-urges-people-vote-conservative/ |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian-20191107">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |title=Two former Labour MPs urge voters to back Boris Johnson |last=Mason |first=Rowena |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 November 2019 |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112032459/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/former-labour-mp-ian-austin-urges-voters-back-boris-johnson |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Sexual harassment accusation and resignation from the Labour Party===
-On 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn following the allegations of sexual harassment. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The allegation was that he sent inappropriate [[SMS]] and other messages to a former employee between 2014 and 2016.<ref name=guardian-20180718>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case |last=Walker |first=Peter |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 July 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name=sky-20180624>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
+In November 2017, a former staff member of Woodcock's complained to the Labour Party that he had sent her inappropriate text messages between 2014 and 2016. She reportedly asked for the case to be kept private<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pogrund|first=Gabriel|title=Left Out|publisher=Random House|year=2020|isbn=1847926452|location=|pages=61}}</ref>, but the following year, details were leaked to two newspapers and on 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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+On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name="sky-20180624">{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> A subject access request by the MP to the party found emails in which officials discussed the need to 'deal with Woodcock' in the run-up to the 2017 election, citing another case where an MP had been accused of sexual impropriety as an example of how the party could refuse to endorse a candidate. A senior party figure told ''The Guardian'' newspaper that: “There was always a group of people in the leader’s office who wanted to hang a couple of our MPs on the right wing of the party out to dry, but wiser heads always prevailed.” They added: “They were really, really going for him”<ref>{{Cite news|last=editor|first=Heather Stewart Political|date=2018-07-18|title=Corbyn allies discussed how to 'deal with' John Woodcock before election|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/corbyn-allies-discussed-how-to-deal-with-john-woodcock-before-election|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>. In September 2020, it was reported<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|url=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> that officials working on the case had suspected Corbyn aide [[Karie Murphy]] of leaking the confidential details of the case<ref name=":0" />.
-On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name=bbc-20180718>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
+On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name="bbc-20180718">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718">{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Peter|date=18 July 2018|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|url-status=live|accessdate=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718" /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Woodcock sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] MP before joining a loose grouping of [[pro-European]] MPs known as [[The Independents (UK)|The Independents]] in July 2019.<ref name="cityam1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|title=Take two: Ex-Change UK MPs forge new alliance called The Independents|date=10 July 2019|website=CityAM|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711150537/https://www.cityam.com/take-two-ex-change-uk-mps-set-up-new-organisation-called-the-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|title=Barrow MP joins new breakaway group The Independents|website=The Mail|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711140600/https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17763284.barrow-mp-joins-new-breakaway-group-independents/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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+=== Ennoblement ===
+Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]], along with four other former Labour MPs who had backed Johnson's Brexit deal or endorsed the Conservatives in the election. He was created '''''Baron Walney''''' and will sit as a non-affiliated life peer.
== Later career ==
In April 2020, Woodcock was named as part of a consortium, led by [[Robbie Gibb]] and including [[William Shawcross]] and [[John Ware (TV journalist)|John Ware]], that put in a bid to purchase the assets of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/76e726ba-7c26-4a32-ac1a-f64c379996c8|title=Fury at emergence of rival bid for Jewish Chronicle|last=|first=|date=|website=Financial Times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> ''The Jewish Chronicle'' chairman Alan Jacobs criticised the offer's anonymity, saying "A bid for the Jewish Chronicle using money from an unidentified source and fronted by a group of individuals who refuse to tell the world anything of their plans looks like a shameful attempt to hijack the world's oldest Jewish newspaper."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/mystery-over-secret-consortiums-bid-for-jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news/|title=Mystery over consortium’s ‘shameful’ bid for Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News|last=Reporter|first=Jewish News|website=jewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The bid was successful.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/23/jewish-chronicle-saved-by-consortium-after-messy-takeover-battle|title=Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle|date=2020-04-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-28|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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-Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]]. He was created '''Baron Walney''' on 4 September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3917/contact |accessdate=4 September 2020 |publisher=UK Parliament |title=Lord Walney}}</ref>
==Personal life==
-Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They divorced in 2015.<ref name=telegraph-20150807/>
+Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Woodcock is in a relationship with the journalist [[Isabel Hardman]], assistant editor of ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine.<ref name=politico-20170913>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |title=Westminster's power couples |last=Dickson |first=Annabelle |newspaper=Politico |date=13 September 2017 |accessdate=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109165118/https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-westminster-power-couples/ |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=times-20180721>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |title=John Woodcock interview: 'Corbyn would leave our country and its allies at risk of nuclear blackmail' |author=Rachel Sylvester, Alice Thomson |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=21 July 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103093318/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-woodcock-interview-corbyn-would-leave-our-country-and-its-allies-at-risk-of-nuclear-blackmail-jrpmtttcr |archive-date=3 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son Jacob on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>
+In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son, Jacob, on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>
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0 => ''''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] and before that worked as an aide to Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]]. He was one of a number of opposition politicians ennobled in Boris Johnson's controversial Dissolution Honours list in 2020 after he urged voters to back the Conservatives in the 2019 General Election.',
1 => '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 for health reasons following an accident in January 2013. In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name="feweek-20150907" /><ref name="feweek-20150914">{{cite news|last=Offord|first=Paul|date=14 September 2015|title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down|newspaper=FE Week|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|url-status=live|accessdate=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/|archive-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>',
2 => 'From July 2011 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>',
3 => 'Woodcock was a vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme".<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2018, he criticised Corbyn's stance on Russia and the [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|Salisbury attack]], saying it was 'just not true' that the Labour leader had been a critic of Russia. He later told friends he was considering quitting the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-28|title=Senior Labour MP ready to quit over Corbyn's stance on anti-Semitism and Russia|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5926871/labour-john-woodcock-jeremy-corbyn-anti-semitism-russia/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Sun|language=en-gb}}</ref>',
4 => 'In November 2017, a former staff member of Woodcock's complained to the Labour Party that he had sent her inappropriate text messages between 2014 and 2016. She reportedly asked for the case to be kept private<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Pogrund|first=Gabriel|title=Left Out|publisher=Random House|year=2020|isbn=1847926452|location=|pages=61}}</ref>, but the following year, details were leaked to two newspapers and on 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ',
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6 => 'On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name="sky-20180624">{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> A subject access request by the MP to the party found emails in which officials discussed the need to 'deal with Woodcock' in the run-up to the 2017 election, citing another case where an MP had been accused of sexual impropriety as an example of how the party could refuse to endorse a candidate. A senior party figure told ''The Guardian'' newspaper that: “There was always a group of people in the leader’s office who wanted to hang a couple of our MPs on the right wing of the party out to dry, but wiser heads always prevailed.” They added: “They were really, really going for him”<ref>{{Cite news|last=editor|first=Heather Stewart Political|date=2018-07-18|title=Corbyn allies discussed how to 'deal with' John Woodcock before election|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/corbyn-allies-discussed-how-to-deal-with-john-woodcock-before-election|access-date=2020-09-06|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>. In September 2020, it was reported<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|url=https://twitter.com/thatinterlace/status/1301499419532177410|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> that officials working on the case had suspected Corbyn aide [[Karie Murphy]] of leaking the confidential details of the case<ref name=":0" />.',
7 => 'On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name="bbc-20180718">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718">{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Peter|date=18 July 2018|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|url-status=live|accessdate=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case|archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name="bbc-20180718" /><ref name="guardian-20180718" /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>',
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9 => '=== Ennoblement ===',
10 => 'Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]], along with four other former Labour MPs who had backed Johnson's Brexit deal or endorsed the Conservatives in the election. He was created '''''Baron Walney''''' and will sit as a non-affiliated life peer.',
11 => 'Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>',
12 => 'In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son, Jacob, on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>'
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0 => ''''John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8740}}</ref> (born 14 October 1978)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |title=John Woodcock MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |date= |accessdate=25 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32028.stm |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British politician serving as the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Special Envoy]] for [[Violent extremism|Countering Violent Extremism]], at the [[Home Office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-uk-special-envoy-for-countering-violent-extremism|title= Government announces UK special envoy for countering violent extremism|website=GOV.UK|date=5 November 2019|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]. Woodcock was suspended and subsequently had the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Whip (politics)|whip]] withdrawn on 30 April 2018 following allegations of sexual harassment made against him. He then sat as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] Member of Parliament and on 18 July 2018 resigned from the Labour Party. He announced in November 2019 that he would not be standing in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] and instead be supporting the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].',
1 => '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.',
2 => 'From July 2011 to January 2013, Woodcock was Chair of [[Labour Friends of Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|title=Labour Friends of Israel name new chair|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=5 July 2011|accessdate=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219150212/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/51189/labour-friends-israel-name-new-chair|archive-date=19 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>',
3 => 'In December 2013, Woodcock announced he was suffering from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and sought treatment for the condition.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html I am depressed and I have decided to get help] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719041504/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-am-depressed-and-i-have-decided-to-get-help-8985320.html |date=19 July 2018 }} ''[[The Independent]]'', 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.</ref>',
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5 => 'He was a member of the [[Public Bill Committee]] for the [[Defence Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|title=House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Defence Reform Bill 2013–14|publisher=Parliament.uk|date=|accessdate=17 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055141/http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/defencereform/committees/houseofcommonspublicbillcommitteeonthedefencereformbill201314.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Until 2015, Woodcock was the chair of [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]], a [[ginger group]] within the Labour Party, promoting [[Blairism|Blairite]] policies within the party.<ref name="Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress">{{cite web| title = Alison McGovern elected chair of Progress| url = http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| publisher = Progress Online| accessdate = 30 November 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122081131/http://www.progressonline.org.uk/alison-mcgovern-elected-chair-of-progress/| archive-date = 22 November 2015| url-status = live}}</ref>',
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7 => 'In March 2015, Woodcock was reported to the UK [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]]. The investigation concerned his office's use of public funds for postage-paid envelopes and whether this contravened a rule which prohibits public funds being used to support the return of a person to public office. The postage-paid envelopes had been used in relation to a local Save Our Hospital campaign, an issue the local Conservative candidate claimed was prominent on Woodcock's [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 General Election]] campaign leaflets.<ref name="Barrow MP reported to watchdog over envelopes for raffle">{{cite web',
8 => '| title = Barrow MP reported to watchdog over envelopes for raffle',
9 => '| url = http://www.nwemail.co.uk/News/Barrow/Barrow-MP-reported-to-watchdog-over-envelopes-for-raffle-2d7e7592-a561-4016-a4c4-f36a479e116b-ds',
10 => '| publisher = North-West Evening Mail 5 March 2015',
11 => '| accessdate = 20 March 2015',
12 => '| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171031071219/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/News/Barrow/Barrow-MP-reported-to-watchdog-over-envelopes-for-raffle-2d7e7592-a561-4016-a4c4-f36a479e116b-ds',
13 => '| archive-date = 31 October 2017',
14 => '| url-status = live',
15 => '}}</ref> During the Commission's investigation, Woodcock admitted that he should not have used public funds for such a purpose and the Commissioner upheld the complaint, finding that Woodcock contravened parliamentary rules. Woodcock returned the £1881.22, which his office had spent on the envelopes, to the House of Commons.<ref name="Complaint about Mr John Woodcock MP">{{cite web',
16 => '| title = Complaint about Mr John Woodcock MP',
17 => '| url = http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/rectifications/John-Woodcock-MP.pdf',
18 => '| publisher = Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards',
19 => '| accessdate = 30 November 2015',
20 => '| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151202083546/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/pcfs/rectifications/John-Woodcock-MP.pdf',
21 => '| archive-date = 2 December 2015',
22 => '| url-status = live',
23 => '}}</ref>',
24 => '',
25 => 'In May 2015, Woodcock was appointed Shadow Minister for Young People, but resigned in September 2015, following the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader]].<ref name=feweek-20150907/><ref name=feweek-20150914>{{cite news |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |title=Labour to appoint fifth Shadow Minister for Young People in under three years after John Woodcock stands down |last=Offord |first=Paul |newspaper=FE Week |date=14 September 2015 |accessdate=30 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218204956/https://feweek.co.uk/2015/09/14/labour-to-appoint-fifth-shadow-minister-for-young-people-in-under-three-years-years-after-john-woodcock-stands-down/ |archive-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>',
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27 => 'Since [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was elected leader of the Labour Party, Woodcock has been a strong critic, joking about what he saw as a desperate situation at the 2015 Labour Party conference.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bolton|first=Doug|title=Labour MP John Woodcock mocks Jeremy Corbyn's calls for unity at private conference event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|work=The Independent|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184356/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-john-woodcock-mocks-jeremy-corbyns-calls-for-unity-at-private-conference-event-a6670731.html|archive-date=29 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Woodcock penned an article on the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' critical of Corbyn, which resulted in a backlash against him.<ref>{{cite news | last = Woodcock | first = John | title = 'We can't go on like this': Labour MP urges colleagues to rally against Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | work = The Mirror | date = 24 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629213652/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-go-like-this-7624375#ICID=sharebar_twitter | archive-date = 29 June 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = John Woodcock told to accept 'democratic decision' to elect Jeremy Corbyn | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160409170144/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73205/john-woodcock-told-accept-%E2%80%98democratic-decision%E2%80%99 | archive-date = 9 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Jeremy Corbyn urged to act over Momentum mental health jibe | url = https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | work = Politics Home | date = 26 March 2016 | access-date = 1 July 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411045755/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/73212/jeremy-corbyn-urged-act-over-momentum-mental | archive-date = 11 April 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> Shortly after the announcement of the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Woodcock said he "will not countenance" voting to place Corbyn into Downing Street because of the Labour leader's opposition to the "Trident renewal programme" and would seek his constituency party's re-nomination.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schofield|first=Kevin|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|title=Labour MP John Woodcock: I can't vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister|work=Politics Home|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195911/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/85170/labour-mp-john-woodcock-i-cant-vote-jeremy-corbyn|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|last2=Elgot|first2=Jessica|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|title=Corbyn's decision to back election causes serious concerns among his MPs|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2017|accessdate=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419043805/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/18/it-could-be-disastrous-labour-mps-nervous-as-poll-countdown-starts|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>',
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29 => 'Woodcock was re-elected in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], with a reduced majority of 209 votes.<ref>{{cite news | title = Barrow and Furness parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | work = BBC News | access-date = 12 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170606094131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000543 | archive-date = 6 June 2017 | url-status = live }}</ref>',
30 => 'On 30 April 2018 Woodcock was suspended from membership of the Labour Party and had the [[Whip (politics)|party whip]] withdrawn following the allegations of sexual harassment. "I do not accept the charge" Woodcock said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cowburn|first=Ashley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|title=Labour MP John Woodcock suspended from party after sexual harassment allegation|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2018|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501095817/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-woodcock-suspended-labour-why-mp-investigation-sexual-harassment-allegation-a8330126.html|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The allegation was that he sent inappropriate [[SMS]] and other messages to a former employee between 2014 and 2016.<ref name=guardian-20180718>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour amid disciplinary case |last=Walker |first=Peter |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 July 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/mp-john-woodcock-quits-labour-amid-disciplinary-case |archive-date=18 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 June 2018, Woodcock said he would no longer cooperate with the Labour Party investigation as he believed it to be politically motivated. Woodcock stated that he would take the [[General Secretary of the Labour Party]] to court to force an independent inquiry to take place.<ref name=sky-20180624>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |title=Labour MP John Woodcock slams 'tainted' sexual harassment investigation |last=Allegretti |first=Aubrey |publisher=Sky News |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143419/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-john-woodcock-slams-tainted-sexual-harassment-investigation-11415664 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>',
31 => 'On 18 July 2018, Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party, choosing to sit as an Independent MP for the remainder of the term. He said that he believed that the party was "no longer the [[broad church]] it has always been", but had instead been "taken over by the hard left" under Corbyn's leadership.<ref name=bbc-20180718>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|title=MP John Woodcock quits Labour Party|date=18 July 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720004600/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44871628|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Woodcock further called Corbyn "a clear risk to UK national security", and criticised what he saw as the party's tacit endorsement of antisemitism and its failure to provide an independent investigator to rule on his disciplinary case, which he claimed was being "manipulated for factional purposes" within the party.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> Labour rejected all accusations of bias against Woodcock, arguing that the process is the same for all similar cases.<ref name=bbc-20180718 /><ref name=guardian-20180718 /> In an interview with ''[[The Times]]'' Woodcock called Corbyn "a security risk to the Country".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|title=John Woodcock: Corbyn is a security risk, says MP who quit Labour|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|last2=Sylvester|first2=Rachel|last3=Thomson|first3=Alice|date=2018-07-21|work=The Times|access-date=2019-08-14|language=en|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814220803/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corbyn-is-a-security-risk-says-john-woodcock-mp-who-quit-labour-60jfpcrxv|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>',
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33 => 'Woodcock was nominated for a life peerage in the [[2019 Dissolution Honours]]. He was created '''Baron Walney''' on 4 September 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3917/contact |accessdate=4 September 2020 |publisher=UK Parliament |title=Lord Walney}}</ref>',
34 => 'Woodcock was married to [[Mandy Telford]], former President of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name=telegraph-20150807>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |title=Liz Kendall hits out at unfounded sex smears |last=Prince |first=Rosa |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=7 August 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511230156/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11791263/Liz-Kendall-hits-out-at-unfounded-sex-smears.html |archive-date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have two daughters. The couple separated in late 2014, and Telford returned to live in Scotland with the children.<ref name=thewestmorlandgazette-20141127>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |title=Anna Smith |newspaper=The Westmorland Gazette |date=27 November 2014 |accessdate=4 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603070903/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/NEWS/11629347.Furness_MP_vows_to_remains__committed_to_community__as_he_announces_marriage_breakdown/ |archive-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> They divorced in 2015.<ref name=telegraph-20150807/>',
35 => 'In November 2019, Woodcock announced that Hardman was pregnant, so he would not be re-standing as a parliamentary candidate in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="Twitter 4 Nov 2019">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/JWoodcockMP/status/1191352598147878913/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1191352598147878913 |title=John Woodcock |newspaper=Twitter |date=4 November 2019 |accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> Hardman gave birth to a son Jacob on 12 May 2020.<ref name="Twitter 13 May 2020">{{cite news |url=https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1260525770902028289 |title=Isable Hardman |newspaper=Twitter |date=13 May 2020 |accessdate=18 May 2020}} </ref>'
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