John Redwood

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John Redwood

Sir John Alan Redwood (born June 15, 1951 in Dover , Kent , England ) is a British Conservative Party politician who has represented the constituency of Wokingham as a member of the House of Commons since 1987 and, among other things, Minister for Wales in the cabinet of Prime Minister John Major and ran twice for chairman of the Conservative Party without success.

Life

Professional activities and Member of the House of Commons

After visiting the Kent College in Canterbury studied Redwood using a scholarship Economics at Magdalen College and at St Antony's College of Oxford University and was subsequently 1972-2004 Fellow at the city's All Souls College . Shortly thereafter, he began his political career in local politics and was 1973-1977 member of the County Council of Oxfordshire . The investment analysis specialist was later Director of Investments at the investment bank N M Rothschild & Sons from 1980 to 1983 .

In 1981 he ran for the conservative Tories unsuccessful in an election ( by-election ) in the constituency Southwark Peckham for a seat in the House and was after his retirement at NM Rothschild & Sons from 1983 to 1985 head of the group policies in 10 Downing Street , the official residence by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . He then served from 1986 to 1987 Head of International privatizations with a contractor of the private sector .

In the general election on June 11, 1987 , he was first elected as a member of the House of Commons and has since represented the constituency of Wokingham . In 1989 he took over his first government office as "Junior Minister" when he was appointed Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry with responsibility for Corporate Affairs , before he was Minister of State between 1990 and 1992 in this Ministry.

Minister for Wales and unsuccessful candidacies for party chairmanship

He then became Minister for Local Government and then in a cabinet reshuffle on May 27, 1993 to Secretary of State for Wales in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Major. On June 26, 1995, he resigned from this office and ran unsuccessfully against Major for the office of chairman of the Conservative Party.

On June 19, 1997, the staunch Euro- skeptic and opponent of the Euro again applied for the office of chairman of the conservative Tories, but this time he was defeated by William Hague , who appointed him to his shadow cabinet although Redwood voted for Kenneth Clarke before the decisive ballot . In Hague's shadow cabinet, Redwood was initially "shadow minister for trade and industry" and then from 1999 to 2000 "shadow minister for the environment, transport and the regions ".

He also became chairman of the security service provider Mabey Securities in 1999 and was also a member of his party's shadow cabinet between September 2004 and December 2005, this time as the "shadow minister for deregulation". He then became Chairman of the Conservative Party's Political Working Group on Competitiveness Review and has also been Chairman of the Conservative Economic Committee since 2010.

In the general election of May 6, 2010 , he was re-elected with 52.65 percent of the vote in his constituency of Wokingham , leaving his challengers from the Liberal Democrats and the Labor Party well behind, who only 27.95 and 10.1 percent of the vote Votes received. In the following general election in 2015 , he was able to win the constituency again.

In the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union in 2016, Redwood spoke out in favor of a “ Brexit ” and in the subsequent discussion about the successor to David Cameron he supported Andrea Leadsom against Theresa May .

Web links

Bibliography

  • Una McGovern (Ed.): Chambers Biographical Dictionary. 7th edition. Chambers, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2 , p. 1267.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Tory Leadership: Clarke's fatal false move. June 20, 1997, accessed May 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ John Redwood: Why I will vote for Andrea Leadsom. getbritainout.com, July 4, 2016, accessed July 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Redwood, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redwood, John Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Dover , Kent , England