Victoria Woodcock was the operations director for the Vote Leave campaign for the 2016 referendum vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Victoria Woodcock | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) |
| Education |
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| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Known for | Voter Intention Collection System |
| Title | Operations manager |
| Movement | Vote Leave |
Early life
editWoodcock was born in 1987.[1] She studied at the University of Southampton graduating with a BSc degree in sociology and social policy (2008) and an MSc in social statistics (2010)).[2]
Government
editWoodcock's early career was as a civil servant in the Department of Education. From 2014 she worked for a while as adviser to the Government Chief Whip. From 2015 she advised the head of strategic events, delivering and coordinating the 2015 VE Day 70th anniversary celebrations.[3]
Vote Leave
editWoodcock was the company secretary and operations director for the Vote Leave campaign.[3] Woodcock was responsible for managing the Voter Intention Collection System (VICS), a bespoke canvassing software system used to model and target the campaign.[4]
Subsequent career
editWoodcock moved on to become programme director at the software company Sage.[5]
References
edit- ^ Companies House (2019).
- ^ University of Southampton (2020), Our Graduates.
- ^ a b Information, Knowledge and Systems Manager (2017), Appendix A4.
- ^ Cummings (2016).
- ^ Founders4Schools (2017), Victoria Woodcock.
- Cadwalladr, Carole; Graham-Harrison, Emma; Townsend, Mark (24 March 2018). "Revealed: Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- Channel4 (28 December 2018). "Brexit: The Uncivil War - character biographies". Channel4 (Press release). Victoria Woodcock. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Companies House (2019). "Vote Leave Limited — Company number 09785255 — People". Companies House. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- Cummings, Dominic (29 October 2016). "On the referendum #20: the campaign, physics and data science – Vote Leave's 'Voter Intention Collection System' (VICS) now available for all". dominiccummings. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- Founders4Schools (6 March 2017). "Inspiring Women" (PDF). Founders4Schools. London Stock Exchange. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Goodman, Paul (23 December 2016). "Five people who made the Brexit vote happen 5) Victoria Woodcock". Conservative Home. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- Graham, James; Haynes, Toby (2019). Brexit: The Uncivil War. Event occurs at 92m. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
Cast in order of appearance ... Victoria Woodcock - Kate O'Flynn
- Information, Knowledge and Systems Manager (13 December 2017). "FOI 195/17 European Resesarch Group Response" (PDF). Letter to (redacted). The Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- University of Southampton (2020). "The Civil Service". Economic, Social and Political Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.