He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election.
[1] 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, Wood became a Government Whip.
At the 1997 general election a swing of 13.9% from the Conservatives to Labour saw Wood defeated by Labour Party candidate Barbara Follett by 11,582 votes.
[2] On 3 May 2007, Wood was elected to East Devon District Council to represent Exmouth Littleham ward.