John Redwood

The Right Honourable Sir John Redwood MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation
In office 6 May 2005 – 5 December 2005
Leader	Michael Howard
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office 15 June 1999 – 2 February 2000
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Gillian Shephard
Succeeded by	Archie Norman
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office 11 June 1997 – 15 June 1999
Leader	John Major William Hague
Preceded by	Michael Heseltine
Succeeded by	Angela Browning
Secretary of State for Wales
In office 27 May 1993 – 26 June 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	David Hunt
Succeeded by	William Hague
Minister of State for Local Government
In office 15 April 1992 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Michael Portillo
Succeeded by	David Curry
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs
In office 26 July 1989 – 15 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Francis Maude
Succeeded by	Neil Hamilton
Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
In office 5 May 1982 – 12 November 1987
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Ferdinand Mount
Succeeded by	Brian Griffiths
Member of Parliament for Wokingham
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 1987
Preceded by	William van Straubenzee
Majority	7,383 (11.9%)
Personal details
Born	John Alan Redwood (1951-06-15) 15 June 1951 (age 72) Dover, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Gail Chippington ​ ​ (m. 1974; div. 2003)​
Children	2
Education	Kent College, Canterbury
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) All Souls College, Oxford (DPhil)
Academic background
Thesis	The fear of atheism in England, from the Restoration to Berkeley's Alciphron' (1975)

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Sir John Alan Redwood (born 15 June 1951) is a British politician and academic who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham in Berkshire since 1987. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Secretary of State for Wales in the Major government and was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party in the 1990s. Redwood subsequently served in the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague and Michael Howard; he has remained a backbencher since then.

Prior to becoming an MP, Redwood completed a doctorate at All Souls College, Oxford and served as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher. He is a veteran Eurosceptic who was described in 1993 as a "pragmatic Thatcherite".^[1] He was the co-chairman of the Conservative Party's Policy Review Group on Economic Competitiveness until 2010. He has the role of Chief Global Strategist of investment management company Charles Stanley & Co Ltd (part of Charles Stanley Group). Redwood supported Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum, and is a member of the British Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.^[2]