REDWOOD, John Rt Hon

Member for Wokingham (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for Wokingham 1987-2010. Political career: Chairman, Conservative Party Economic Competitiveness Policy Review 2005-10; Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation 2004-05; former Shadow Secretary of State, Trade and Industry; Secretary of State for Wales 1993-95; Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities 1992-93; Minister of State 1990-92; Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs, Department of Trade and Industry 1989-90; Head of Prime Ministers Policy Unit (civil service appointment) 1983-85; Parliamentary Candidate for Southwark, Peckham 1982 by-election; Member, Witney North, Oxfordshire County Council 1973-77; Chair, Land and Buildings Committee; Member, Oxford City Conservative Association, Vice-Chair and CPC Chair 1972-75. Profession/Trade: Industrialist. Special political interests: Inner cities, economy, privatisation, Europe. Education: Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Oxford University, MA, DPhil. Author of: After the Credit Crunch; I dont like Politics but I want to make a Difference; Superpower Struggle; Singing the Blues; Stars and Strife; The Death of Britain; Just Say No - 100 Arguments Against the Euro; Controlling Public Industries (with J Hatch); Equity for Everyman; Public Enterprise in Crisis; Reason, Ridicule and Religion; Popular Capitalism; Going for Broke; The Global Marketplace; Our Currency, Our Country. Hobbies: Swimming, village cricket, watersports. b. 15 June 1951, Canterbury. Divorced with two children.