Mike Wood (Labour politician)

Michael Roy Wood (born 3 March 1946) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from 1997 to 2015.

He was a member of the Parliamentary groups on homelessness, transport, Indo-British affairs, AIDS, animal welfare, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, disablement, human rights, Kashmir and alcohol abuse.

He is a patron of the National Association of British Market Authorities, a member of the Campaign for State Education and the Working Class Movement Library and a friend of Birzeit University in Palestine.

[1] On 31 October 2006, Wood was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the Iraq War.

[2] In May 2007 he became parliamentary manager for John McDonnell's campaign to challenge Gordon Brown for the leadership of the Labour Party following Tony Blair's resignation.