Malcolm Wood

Malcolm Wood was first elected to the City Council in 1978, following the death of Councillor Bert Littlewood and has represented Bilborough ever since.  

Having lived in Bilborough since the age of three, he attended Glaisdale Bi-lateral School and entered the printing industry in 1961. As a student of the Nottingham Regional College of Technology, (subsequently the Trent Polytechnic) he developed a passion for graphic design and typography.  On completing his apprenticeship and study in Nottingham, he moved to Hampshire to work for the British Print Corporation. On his return to Nottingham, he helped produce the Harpers & Queen magazine among a list of many may other notable titles. As a trade union activist, he was one of the youngest FOC’s in Nottingham and later became the President of his branch of the National Graphical Association.

Politically, he has been a member of the Labour Party for well over 30 years and has held the following offices: Branch Secretary, Constituency Chair – West and Nottingham North, CLP Secretary and has acted as a General Election Agent.

As a member of the City Council Malcolm Wood has served on: the Accounts Sub-Committee, Appeals Committee, Association of District Councils (East Midlands), Conservation Areas Advisory Committee, Environmental Health Committee, East Midlands Arts, East Midlands Provincial Council, Electricity Consumer Council, Employment & Economic Development Committee, Equal Opportunities Committee, Freemen’s Committee, Housing Committee, Housing Benefit Review Board,  Land Committee, LTA Federation Cup Committee, Leisure Services Committee, Licensing Sub Committee, Martins Pond Advisory Committee, National Playing Fields Association, Nottingham City Staff Joint Committee, Nottingham City Manual & Craft Joint Committee, Nottingham City Health & Safety Committee, Nottingham University Court, Nature Reserves Advisory Committee, Planning Committee, Planning (Plans) Sub Committee, Personnel Committee, Police Advisory Committee, Policy & Resources Committee, Regional Sports Council, Right to Buy Sub Committee, Robin Hood Marathon Committee, Royal Centre Sub Committee, Tourism & Public Relations Committee and Transport Committee.

Malcolm Wood was Deputy Lord Mayor in 1991/2 and Lord Mayor in 1992/3.