# Timothy Wood

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Wood
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Wood.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wood
> Source revision: 1353064832
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|British politician (born 1940)}}
{{For|the figure skater|Timothy Lyle Wood}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_prefix = 
|name          = Timothy Wood
|office        = [Comptroller of the Household](/source/Comptroller_of_the_Household)
|prime_minister = [John Major](/source/John_Major)
|term_start    = 12 December 1995
|term_end      = 2 May 1997
|predecessor   = [David Lightbown](/source/David_Lightbown)
|successor     = [Thomas McAvoy](/source/Thomas_McAvoy)
|office1 = [Lord Commissioner of the Treasury](/source/Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Treasury)
|prime_minister1 = [John Major](/source/John_Major)
|term_start1 = 14 April 1992
|term_end1 = 5 July 1995
|predecessor1 = [Tom Sackville](/source/Tom_Sackville) 
|successor1 = [Bowen Wells](/source/Bowen_Wells)
|office2 = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom))<br />for [Stevenage](/source/Stevenage_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|term_start2 = 9 June 1983
|term_end2 = 8 April 1997
|predecessor2 = New Constituency
|successor2 = [Barbara Follett](/source/Barbara_Follett_(politician))
|office3 = [Leader of Bracknell District Council](/source/Bracknell_Forest_Council)
|term_start3 = May 1976
|term_end3 = 5 May 1978
|predecessor3 = Bill Lindop
|successor3 = Donald Brydon
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|08|13|df=yes}}
|birth_name = Timothy John Rogerson Wood
|party        = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
}}

'''Timothy John Rogerson Wood''' (born 13 August 1940), known as '''Tim Wood''', is a British politician. He was the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Stevenage](/source/Stevenage_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), which he won at the [1983 general election](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election).<ref name=almanac>{{cite book |title= The almanac of British politics, Volume 7 |last1= Waller |first1= Robert |last2= Criddle |first2= Bryon |year= 2002 |publisher= Routledge |isbn= 0-415-26833-8 |page= 738 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bDtm2o0m7gIC}}</ref>

Before becoming an MP, he served as a councillor on Bracknell District Council for Harmanswater from 1976 to 1983.  Immediately after his election, he was appointed Leader of the Council, serving until May 1978.<ref>{{cite news| last = | first = | title = Bracknell Council gets new leader| newspaper = [Reading Evening Post](/source/Reading_Post)| location = | pages = 4| language = | publisher = | date = 10 May 1978| url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19780510/014/0001| access-date = }}</ref> 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](/source/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election), Wood became a Government Whip.

At the [1997 general election](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election) a swing of 13.9% from the Conservatives to Labour saw Wood defeated by [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) candidate [Barbara Follett](/source/Barbara_Follett_(politician)) by 11,582 votes.<ref name=voted>{{cite news | title = The Election: How the country voted | work = The Guardian | page = 6 | date = 1997-05-02 }}</ref>

On 3 May 2007, Wood was elected to [East Devon District Council](/source/East_Devon_District_Council) to represent [Exmouth Littleham](/source/Littleham%2C_Exmouth) ward.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-timothy-wood | Timothy Wood }}

{{s-start}}
{{s-off}}
{{succession box | title=[Comptroller of the Household](/source/Comptroller_of_the_Household) | before=[David Lightbown](/source/David_Lightbown) | years=1995–1997 | after=[Tommy McAvoy](/source/Tommy_McAvoy)}}
{{s-par|uk}}
{{s-new | constituency }}
{{s-ttl
 | title = [Stevenage](/source/Stevenage_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years = [1983](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election) – [1997](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election)
}}
{{s-aft | after=[Barbara Follett](/source/Barbara_Follett_(politician))}}
{{s-end}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Timothy}}
Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Members of the Bow Group
Category:UK MPs 1983–1987
Category:UK MPs 1987–1992
Category:UK MPs 1992–1997
Category:Councillors in Devon

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Timothy Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wood) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wood?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.