The Lord Wood of Anfield
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Wood of Anfield's full title is The Lord Wood of Anfield. His name is Stewart Martin Wood, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
3 Content(1.9%)
127 Not-Content(78.4%)
32 didn't vote(19.8%)
2026-04-27
Not-Content
58–138
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2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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27–89
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30–130
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2026-04-13
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46–117
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135–154
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-24
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70–132
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-03
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, who made lots of very thought-provoking points about wider issues. It is also a pleasure to take part in a debate with so many people who have contributed so much to our great sportin
2026-03-12
Children in Care: Illegal Accommodation
I thank the Minister for that Answer. It should shame all of us in this country that for many years, our system for protecting the most vulnerable children has been and is pushing hundreds of them each year into unregistered homes—illegal homes that are
2026-03-12
Children in Care: Illegal Accommodation
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end the use of illegal accommodation for children in care and secure sufficient regulated care.
2025-12-18
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure and an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady White, and her excellent maiden speech. I congratulate her on her appointment and her debut outing here in the Chamber and say how much all of us look forward to her future contr
My Lords, I am sure that the vast majority of noble Lords would agree that genuine equality of opportunity in academia and more widely requires a commitment to fair application procedures and continuing concerted efforts to address the obstacles that pre
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, as always, and I welcome the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth. I welcome the main proposals of this Budget: some as important measures to combat inequality and support house
2025-12-01
OBR Forecasts
My Lords, I add my praise for Richard Hughes and his outstanding public service, mentioned by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, the Minister and others. I have two questions for the Minister about the Treasury-OBR relationship going forward, learni
2025-06-16
Adult Social Care
I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I draw the House’s attention to my interests in the register. Social care workers do an extraordinary job, including with my own mother, but there are huge skills shortages in this sector, estimated at over 130,00
2025-06-16
Adult Social Care
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to remedy skills shortages and workforce gaps in the provision of adult social care.
2025-06-12
Spending Review 2025
My Lords, there is much to welcome in this spending review. Can I especially welcome the £39 billion of investment in social and affordable housing that the noble Baroness mentioned earlier on? Shelter yesterday called this a game-changer. The National H
2025-06-05
Regional Growth
My Lords, one way you can tell that I am a Treasury nerd is that I am really looking forward to the Green Book review being announced next week, and I welcome what my noble friend has said about that today. There are many problems with the way the Treasu
2025-05-14
Trade Negotiations
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, mentioned the much-discussed issue of security requirements—the American requirements that there be security of the supply chain for steel and aluminium. In the document, that requirement applies not just to steel and
My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate on such an important topic, and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bridges—my predecessor as chair of the Economic Affairs Committee—and thank him for his kindness in the tricky transition period betwee
My Lords, with regard to the delay in funding, I welcome the Minister’s point about transition funding being arranged for existing families, but because of the delay there will be a backlog of kinship families and local authorities that want to proceed w
I thank the Minister for that Answer and warmly welcome the £270 million announced by the Culture Secretary in her Jennie Lee lecture, including £20 million for renewal of museums across the country. I am glad to hear that there are no plans to change th
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have for introducing admission charges to museums and galleries for non-UK residents.
2024-12-19
Syria
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for the Statement. On sanctions, I understand the fluidity of the situation—we all recognise that—but there is a prima facie case that sanctions were imposed on a regime that has now been deposed. Syria is t
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
I am grateful to the noble Lord. That is a very live issue as well, but I do not want to expand my amendment to that.
I am conscious of the time, so with those caveats, and with thanks to colleagues who have intervened, I beg leave to withdraw my amen
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, very much. My two teams are Liverpool and Tonbridge Angels of the National League South. One is an internationally competitive team—and the other is Tonbridge Angels; but place is crucial to both teams. If you are a f
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
I thank the Minister for that reply. I also thank her—I did not before—and her officials for the generous way she has spared time not just for me but for lots of other Members of this House over the last few weeks. It is really appreciated.
I understa
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will be brief, partly because dinner is fast approaching and partly because this is an amendment to probe the Minister’s response to a good existing clause, Clause 48. This clause is about preventing home matches being relocated. The amendmen
2024-12-18
Football Governance Bill [HL]
2024-12-16
Football Governance Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 168 and 169, which connect with some of the themes raised by the noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Moynihan. One of the most sensitive areas of this regime is the imposition of discretionary licence conditions on
2024-12-02
Football Governance Bill [HL]
I did not say anything about what the club should do. We should not tell clubs what to do about their conception of their own fans. I am talking about the relevant categorisation of what “fans” means for the purpose of the regulator pursuing its duties.
2024-12-02
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Regulators do not define who fans are. Regulators define fans for the purpose of consultation in pursuit of their duties. I am a Liverpool fan. Wherever I go in the world—whatever I am doing—I always find the local bar, and there are lots of Liverpool pe
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Register of Interests · 6 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Non-executive Director, Bradshaw Advisory Ltd (economics consultancy) (interest ceased 28 February 2026)
registered 2025-03-05 · amended 2026-03-02
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Occasional contributor to BBC current affairs programmes
registered 2024-10-23 · amended 2026-02-03
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Member, Advisory Board, Cera (digital home care) (unremunerated but member receives shares)
registered 2024-05-13 · amended 2026-02-03
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Lecturer, New York University in London
registered 2024-02-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Lecturer, University of Virginia in London
registered 2024-02-01 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Doha, Qatar, 6-7 December 2025, to attend 23rd Doha Forum, “Diplomacy, Dialogue and Diversity”; travel and accommodation costs paid by the Doha Forum
registered 2026-01-05
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Party history
2011-01-15 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2011-10-17 → 2012-09-06
Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
2011-10-17 → 2015-05-27
Shadow Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
Committee memberships
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
International Relations and Defence Committee
2016-05-25 → 2019-07-01
International Relations and Defence Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee A
2019-07-01 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Goods Sub-Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31
European Affairs Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
stewart.wood@parliament.uk
020 7219 5854 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5854 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 5 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | British American Security Information Council | 8 | 2024-05-30 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taxation
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Stewart Public Affairs Ltd | 4 | 2024-06-04 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.