Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i whai mana ai a Baldwin ki te Ture i te tau 1924, i tohua a Wood hei Hekeretari Paremata ki te Manatū Hauora, hei minita iti ki a Neville Chamberlain. I mahi nga tokorua i te Manatū Hauora mai i te 11 Noema 1924 ki te 4 Pipiri 1929, ka noho hei hoa me nga hoa pirihimana kaha. I mahi tahi rātau i runga i te whakahoutanga o te kāwanatanga ā-rohe, tae atu ki te whakahoutanga nui o te tāke ā-rohe, ko ngā "tau", e hāngai ana ki ngā uara rawa. Ko te mana tōrangapū o Wood i tohuhia e tana whakataunga hei kaitohutohu hapori i te wa o te
i te patu whānui o te tau 1926, ā, he mea rerekē mō tētahi minita rangatahi, hei kaitohutohu tūmataiti i te tau 1928. I te tau 1930 i pootihia ia hei tiamana tuatahi o te komiti whakahaere o te National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.