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  Redwood, John
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AffiliationConservative  
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NameJohn Redwood
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Born June 15, 1951 (72 years)
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Jul 02, 2019 12:09pm
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InfoPersonal details
Married April 1974, Gail Felicity Chippington
1 son, 1 daughter

Education
Kent College, Canterbury
Magdalen College, Oxford, MA 1971
St Antony's College, Oxford, DPhil 1975

Non-political career
Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1972-87
Tutor and lecturer 1972-73
Investment analyst, Robert Fleming & Co. 1974-77
N. M. Rothschild: Bank clerk 1977-78
Manager 1978-79
Assistant director 1979-80
Director, investment division 1980-83
Overseas corporate finance director and head of international (non-UK) privatisation 1986-87
Norcros plc: Non-executive director 1985-87
Chair 1987-89
Chair, Mabey Securities 1999-
Visiting professor Middlesex University Business School 2000-

Electoral history
Contested Southwark Peckham 1982 general election. Member for Wokingham since June 1987
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 1989-90
Minister of State 1990-92
Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Minister for Local Government) 1992-93
Secretary of State for Wales 1993-95
Contested Leadership of the Conservative Party 1995 and 1997
Member, Shadow Cabinet 1997-2000
Shadow Secretary of State for: Trade and Industry 1997-99
Environment, Transport and the Regions 1999-2000


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Mar 18, 2009 02:00pm Amusing Redwood anger at 'sleeping' claim  Article New Jerusalem 

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RACES
  12/12/2019 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 49.57% (+11.91%)
  06/08/2017 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 56.64% (+31.49%)
  05/07/2015 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 57.73% (+43.21%)
  05/06/2010 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 52.73% (+24.74%)
  05/05/2005 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 48.13% (+15.71%)
  09/08/2004 UK - Shadow Deregulation Secretary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/07/2001 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 46.10% (+13.67%)
  06/18/1997 Conservative Party Leader - Second Round Lost 23.17% (-15.85%)
  06/16/1997 Conservative Party Leader - First Round Won 16.46% (-13.41%)
  05/01/1997 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 50.06% (+18.69%)
  07/04/1995 Conservative Party Leader Lost 27.22% (-39.45%)
  05/27/1993 UK Secretary of State for Wales Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/09/1992 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 61.43% (+36.31%)
  06/11/1987 UK Parliament - Wokingham Won 61.38% (+31.44%)
  10/28/1982 UK Parliament - Peckham - By-election Lost 12.42% (-37.92%)
ENDORSEMENTS
UK Conservative Party Leader - MP Vote - Jul 20, 2022 CON Elizabeth "Liz" Truss
UK Conservative Party Leader - MP Vote - Jun 20, 2019 CON Boris Johnson
UK Conservative Party Leader - MP Vote - Jul 07, 2016 CON Andrea Leadsom
UK EU Membership Referendum - Jun 23, 2016 NO Leave
Conservative Party Leader - Jun 19, 1997 CON Kenneth Clarke