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Alan Wood is a Chartered Engineer with a Master of Science degree. Educated at Portsmouth Southern Grammar School he undertook a 5-year management apprenticeship in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and after receiving 4 A-levels was sponsored by the Ministry of Public Building and Works (MPBW) at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich where he obtained a B.Sc. degree.

After a career with MPBW and its successor Property Services Agency Alan was made redundant when PSA was broken up. He retired as Deputy Director of Bulford Area Office. From 1993-6 he was secretary of The Japanese Chin Club, a national canine society with an international membership, organising their centenary show in 1995.

In 1996 he joined UKIP and was elected in 1999 to Kennet District Council where he stayed until 2009, when Kennet DC was disbanded. He is currently Chairman of Fittleton Parish Council.

He has had an interest in golf since he was 14 years of age and nearly turned professional when becoming a 4-handicap player at 17. He became captain of Dorking Golf Club later in life.

He married Jane Gutteridge in 1966 and together they became joint owners of the "Fittlewood" Kennel Club affix and have bred a number of top Japanese Chin and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

He is currently the Party Nominating Officer for UKIP, chairman of Devizes Constituency Association and a candidate for Party Leader