Timothy Wood | |
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Comptroller of the Household | |
In office 12 December 1995 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | David Lightbown |
Succeeded by | Thomas McAvoy |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 14 April 1992 – 5 July 1995 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Tom Sackville |
Succeeded by | Bowen Wells |
Member of Parliament for Stevenage | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | New Constituency |
Succeeded by | Barbara Follett |
Personal details | |
Born | Timothy John Rogerson Wood 13 August 1940 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Timothy John Rogerson Wood (born 13 August 1940), known as Tim Wood, is a British politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election.[1]
While in Parliament, Wood served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ministers in the Ministry of Defence and Northern Ireland Office. Following the 1992 general election, Wood became a Government Whip.
At the 1997 general election a swing of 13.9% from the Conservatives to Labour saw Wood defeated by Labour Party candidate Barbara Follett by 11,582 votes.[2]
On 3 May 2007, Wood was elected to East Devon District Council to represent Exmouth Littleham ward.[citation needed]