| Victoria Woodcock | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) |
| Education |
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| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Known for | Voter Intention Collection System |
| Title | Operations manager |
| Movement | Vote Leave |
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.
Early life
Woodcock was born in 1987. 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)).
Government
Woodcock'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.
Vote Leave
Woodcock was the company secretary and operations director for the Vote Leave campaign. Woodcock was responsible for managing the Voter Intention Collection System (VICS), a bespoke canvassing software system used to model and target the campaign.
Subsequent career
Woodcock moved on to become programme director at the software company Sage.
References
- Companies House (2019).
- University of Southampton (2020), Our Graduates.
- ^ 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.