Carol Woods

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Carol Woods is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. She has been councillor for the Shadforth and Sherburn Ward on Durham City Council since 2003. She is a member of the Council's Cabinet since May 2003 and has held the Environment Portfolio since December 2005. She has previously held the Finance Portfolio. She has been a member of the Local Government Association Lib Dem Group Executive since 2005.

Ms Woods has stood for Parliament twice in the City of Durham Constituency in both the 2001 and 2005 General Elections, she has lost on both occasions, although increasing Liberal Democrat support, most recently to Labour candidate and (now) MP Roberta Blackman-Woods. At the 2005 General Election the vote share for Carol Woods in Durham increased by 16.9%, the fifth largest increase in the whole of the UK. She was reselected in Summer 2006 to contest the seat for a third time.