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Chris Foote Wood (born Christopher Wood, 15 December 1940) is an English politician and author. He is the brother of the late comedian and actress Victoria Wood.
Foote Wood was born in Prestbury, Cheshire, and is one of the four children of Stanley Wood and Nellie Mape; the late comedian Victoria Wood was one of his three sisters.
Foote Wood went to Bury Grammar School. He completed a four-year honours degree course in Civil Engineering at Kings College, Newcastle (then part of the University of Durham) but was not awarded a degree. He worked as a civil engineer for several years before starting Durham Free Press in 1968, but gave it up after three years to work as a freelance journalist and broadcaster. He later set up his own press agency, North Press News & Sport, and ran it for 30 years up to 2004.
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Foote Wood has contested a large number of public elections at all levels. He has stood for Parliament nine times without success as a Liberal, later Liberal Democrat. He also stood for the European Parliament six times (1979 and 1984 for Durham; 1999 No. 1 on the North East list; 2004 No. 2 on the North East list; 2009 No. 2 on the North East list; 2014 No. 4 on the Yorkshire and the Humber list).
Foote Wood was a district councillor in Bishop Auckland for 40 years, from 1967 to 2007, and was Leader of Wear Valley District Council for six years. [1] He was also a member of Durham County Council for 12 years, vice-chairman of the North East Regional Assembly and a member of the EU Committee of the Regions, one of the three elected councillors representing the North East on this body and the first Liberal Democrat to do so.
He was the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) in Richmond (Yorks) for the 2015 General election, before stepping aside in March 2015. He joined the Labour Party in 2018. [1]
| Constituency | Year | Number of votes | % of votes | Position | Winner | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | February 1974 | 6,772 | 23.1 | 3rd of 3 | Conservative | [2] | |
| Middlesbrough | October 1974 | 5,080 | 13.8 | 3rd of 3 | Labour | [3] | |
| Durham | 1979 | 8,572 | 14.49 | 3rd of 3 | Labour | [4] | |
| North West Durham | 1983 | 11,008 | 25.7 | 3rd of 3 | Labour | [5] | |
| North West Durham | 1987 | 9,349 | 20.7 | 3rd of 3 | Labour | [6] | |
| Bishop Auckland | 2001 | 6,073 | 15.7 | 3rd of 4 | Labour | [7] | |
| Bishop Auckland | 2005 | 9,018 | 23.7 | 2nd of 4 | Labour | [8] | |
| Middlesbrough | 2010 | 6,662 | 19.9 | 2nd of 6 | Labour | [9] | |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | 2017 | 1,354 | 2.8 | 3rd of 3 | Conservative | [10] | |
| Constituency | Year | Number of votes | % of votes | Position | Winner | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough | 2011 | 3,256 | 9.2 | 3rd of 4 | Independent | [11] | |
| Tees Valley | 2017 | 12,550 | 12.3 | 3rd of 4 | Conservative | [12] [13] [14] | |
Foote Wood's first book, Nellie's Book, about the early life of his mother was published in 2006. Foote Wood has written several more books, including When I'm Sixty-Four (1,001 things to do at 60+), and a guide to the 56 remaining seaside pleasure piers in Britain, Walking Over the Waves.
His biography of Victoria Wood was criticised for the way it portrayed her. [15] [16] The biography was revised before publication for this reason. [17]
Foote Wood raised money for a statue of Victoria Wood. [18] [19] [20]
For ten years to 2022, Foote Wood regularly performed a one-person show about Charles Dickens. [21]
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