Sir John Alan Redwood (born 15 June 1951) is a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham in the county of Berkshire.
He was formerly Secretary of State for Wales in Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet, and was twice an unsuccessful challenger for the leadership of the Conservative Party in the 1990s.
He served in the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague and Michael Howard, and has remained a backbencher since then.
Redwood is a veteran Eurosceptic who was described in 1993 as a "pragmatic Thatcherite".
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 is a long-term critic of the European Union and of the United Kingdom being part of the Union.
Redwood is a member of the British Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave.