Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā i whai wāhi ai a Baldwin ki a Law i te tau 1924, ka tohua a Wood hei Hekeretari Pāremata ki te Manatū Hauora, hei minita rangatahi 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, nga "tau", i runga i nga uara o nga rawa. I tohuhia te mana tōrangapū o Wood i tana whakatū hei kaitiaki ā iwi i te wā o te pōti whānui
o te tau kotahi mano e 1926, ā, he mea rerekē mō tētahi minita rangatahi, hei kaitohutohu tūmataiti i te tau kotahi mano e 1928. I te tau 1930 i pootihia ia hei tiamana tuatahi o te komiti whakahaere o te National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.