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"Dari Jean Taylor (née Jones; born 13 December 1944) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South between the 1997 and 2010 general elections. Biography Taylor was born into a staunch Labour Party family in Rhondda, South Wales in December 1944. She originally attended Ynyshir Girls' School before moving to Burnley Municipal College when her father, Daniel Jones, was elected to Parliament as the Labour MP for Burnley in 1959. He remained the MP for Burnley until 1983. She graduated with a BA from the University of Nottingham and an MA from the University of Durham, then lectured at a number of colleges of Further Education. She was active in the Trade Union movement from 1990 until her election in 1997. She initially worked as a researcher and later becoming the Regional Educational Officer for the GMB Union in the Northern Region in 1993. She was also an elected member of Sunderland Metropolitan Council between 1986 and the time of her election to Parliament in 1997. She describes her interests as issues relating to women, health, the economy, industry, defence, international development, disabilities, drugs and crime and all aspects of child welfare, especially adoption. Parliamentary career Taylor was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist. Taylor was elected as Member of Parliament for Stockton South in 1997, until losing the seat at the 2010 general election. Taylor served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lewis Moonie and Lord Bach (Ministry of Defence) from 2001 to 2003 and then as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hazel Blears, Home Office minister between 2003 and 2005. Her latest such position was again as a Parliamentary Private Secretary, to Phil Hope at the Department of Health in 2008–09. She was the chairman of the North East Regional Select Committee and a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Taylor was secretary of Labour Friends of India, Vice-chair of the Azerbaijan Group and the treasurer for the Opera Group. Whilst in Parliament, Taylor was Chair of the Adoption and Fostering Group, Secretary for the Cardiac Risk in the Young Group and Vice-chair of the Children Group. Controversies=Misuses of stationery In early November 2008 Taylor was found guilty of misusing House of Commons stationery for political purposes, with four complaints about her upheld. Of particular note was that this was the second occasion Taylor had committed such offences, having already been forced to repay for misused stationery and postage in April 2007. A House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges stated: > "We strongly deprecate the continued misuse by Ms Taylor of House stationery > for political purposes...we are surprised that an experienced Member has > repeated previous breaches of the rules and has failed to act in accordance > with advice given by the House authorities. We particularly regret the fact > that Ms Taylor has continued to dispute parts of the Commissioner's findings > and we are very disappointed that she has offered no apology. We conclude > that Ms Taylor should pay the House authorities the sum of £500 and submit > an unequivocal written apology. " Taylor suggested that the rules were too "confusing" and that she had "tried her best" to stick to them. She complied with the orders of the committee. Expenses In 2006, on the subject of not being top of north east MP expenses, Taylor said she was disappointed not to be higher in the list. Referring to her position behind Dr Kumar and Sharon Hodgson, Taylor said: "I want to know what Ashok and Sharon are doing better than me." In 2007, Taylor was the second costliest MP in the North East region (Stockton South), claiming £159,178, and putting her in 24th place in the Westminster league table. In May 2009, Taylor attracted some criticism for her expenses claims, in particular for claiming £18,100 over four years for food – the maximum possible claim. She also claimed £54,329 for mortgage interest payments over four years on her two-bedroomed London apartment, £40 per month for a cleaner to perform housekeeping duties and £310 for tiling a bathroom. She was one of the 98 MPs who voted to keep MPs' expenses secret. She was one of the few MPs to publish their expenses independently, but had blacked out the parts that revealed staffers' personal details. Voting record Taylor strongly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She supports a fully elected House of Lords and bills which favoured a partially elected alternative. She is in favour of nuclear power and the replacement of Trident. She is described as a "Labour loyalist". Personal life She married David Taylor in July 1970 and they have one daughter. She enjoys classical music, walking and travelling. ReferencesExternal links * * Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Dari Taylor MP * TheyWorkForYou.com – Dari Taylor MP * BBC Politics page * Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham Category:Alumni of Durham University Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:Labour Friends of Israel Category:People from Rhondda Category:Councillors in North East England Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1997–2001 Category:UK MPs 2001–2005 Category:UK MPs 2005–2010 Category:Welsh politicians Category:20th-century British women politicians Category:21st-century British women politicians Category:Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Home Office Category:Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) "
"David Leslie Taylor (22 August 1946 – 26 December 2009) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire from 1997 until his death in 2009. Biography David Taylor was born in the town of Ashby de la Zouch. He went to Heather County Primary School near Coalville, Ashby Boy's Grammar School (now known as Ashby School) and Leicester Polytechnic. Career At Leicester Polytechnic, he became a Chartered Public Finance Accountant in 1970. At the Open University, he gained a BA in Maths and Computing in 1974. During this time he wrote the first CASCAID computer program that evolved into the modern day Kudos and Adult Directions programs. Before being elected as a Member of Parliament, Taylor was an accountant and the computer applications manager for Leicestershire County Council from 1977 to 1997. He founded Safeguard the Quality of the Rural Environment (SQUARE), and had been a parish councillor, churchwarden of St John the Baptist church in Heather, President of Heather Sparkenhoe Cricket Club, magistrate and school governor. Religion Taylor was a committed Christian and described himself as an ecumenical Anglican. Personal life Taylor married Pamela Caunt on 13 September 1969 in Loughborough. The couple had four daughters (and one son, deceased), one granddaughter and one grandson. Death On Boxing Day 2009, whilst walking with his family at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, Taylor suffered a massive heart attack. He was taken by ambulance to Queens Hospital in Burton-on-Trent hospital, but paramedics were unable to save him. The event occurred during his day off while spending time with his family; he had previously announced that he would not run for reelection due to the high workload. Parliamentary career He was first contested his seat in 1992 achieving a 5.9% swing compared to the national 3.6% swing to Labour. Taylor's views were on the left of the Labour Party and he is widely regarded as one of the parliamentary rebels and has rebelled on 7.2% of votes since June 2001.Voting Record – David Taylor MP, North West Leicestershire; The Public Whip In 2005, he was nominated for the 'Backbencher of the Year' award. He regularly attended local events, often making it to more than one function in an evening in order not only to be seen there, but to show his support and to maintain his high profile as a local MP. As Chair of the All-Party Group on Smoking and Health, he was particularly active on the issue of tobacco control and a Member of the Chairmen's Panel Committee and a Member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. David Taylor described it as "a real privilege" to win the title of Commons Backbencher of the Year 2007 in the Annual Awards organised by Sky TV and The House Magazine and decided by a ballot of all 646 MPs. His citation described him as "an indefatigable campaigner, constant attender and independent–minded". In April 2009, David Taylor was named by The Sunday Telegraph as being in the Top Ten of MPs for providing their constituents with best value for the money they spend in providing a service. The newspaper had produced a value for money league table to show both the best – those who work the hardest for the lowest unit cost – and the worst – those who have the lowest Commons work rates while having the largest expenditure – of Westminster MPs. David Taylor came equal 7th out of 592* in the table of 'best value' MPs. David Taylor spent £154,277 in 2007/8 (75% of which on staff and office) during which time he had an attendance rate in the House of 87%, spoke in 225 debates and tabled 197 written questions. He was one of only a small number of Labour MPs to hold an anti-abortion position. Expenses Prior to this, he opened his complete 'unredacted' expenses file to local newspaper the Leicester Mercury. Following the new emergency interim rules announced on 19 May 2009 by the Speaker which say that furniture should no longer be claimed for, David Taylor voluntarily elected to apply those new rules retrospectively in his own case for the life of this Parliament and has since made a refund based on the full funded purchase price of all such items. Standing down At the May 2008 meeting of his Constituency Labour Party, Taylor announced he would not be standing for re-election at the next general election. Taylor died at the end of 2009, before the general election. ReferencesExternal links * Website of David Taylor, MP * * BBC Politics page * Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: David Taylor MP * TheyWorkForYou.com – David Taylor MP * Open Rights Group – David Taylor MP * Blog News items * David Taylor: Face wash included in claims list * MP admits 'lack of judgement' over claims * Seizing gypsies vehicles in October 2007 * Pledging to refund £5 to every constituent in November 2004 * School governors in January 1999 Category:People from Ashby-de-la-Zouch Category:Alumni of the Open University Category:Alumni of De Montfort University Category:English accountants Category:English Anglicans Category:Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1997–2001 Category:UK MPs 2001–2005 Category:UK MPs 2005–2010 Category:Democratic socialists Category:1946 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Anglican socialists Category:English Christian socialists "
"Ian Colin Taylor MBE (born 18 April 1945) is a British former Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher from 1987 to 1997, and then for Esher and Walton from 1997 to 2010. Early life He went to Whitley Abbey School, Abbey Road, Coventry. He studied at Keele University, receiving a BA (Hons) in Economics, Politics and Modern History in 1967. He then did research at the London School of Economics. In 1969, he joined Hill Samuel & Co. In 1971, he became the manager of the European Department at Stirling & Co. From 1975–8, he lived in Paris. He worked as a Director for Mathercourt Securities Ltd from 1980–91. He is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. Political career Before being elected for Esher in 1987, Taylor had fought Coventry South East in February 1974, being beaten by Labour's Bill Wilson. In the period in which he served Esher the make-up of the seat was classified by economists as a 'natural home' for Taylor's party, and by historians as a safe seat including its main successor which he served from 1997 to 2010. This is part of the London Commuter Belt, and quite apart from this, has seen strong Conservative majorities since the 1930s, Taylor won five elections before deciding to stand down at the 2010 General Election to resume a business career.Standing Down Conservative Home He was during his first two terms appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) at the Foreign Office, Department of Health and Cabinet Office. He served as Minister for Science and Technology for most of the Second Major ministry: from 1994 to 1997. He became a Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland in 1997, tracking the peace process. He supported bids for leadership and main policies of Kenneth Clarke except in the 2005 Conservative leadership contest he backed David Davis. Taylor was the Chairman of the European Movement (2000–2005) and a member of the Britain in Europe Council until 2005. He chaired the Conservative Group for Europe 2007–11. His views became increasingly challenged by the Conservative Party. In December 2000 he comfortably overcame an attempted de-selection campaign by eurosceptics in his constituency. He specialised in science and technology issues. He was Minister for Science, Technology & Space at the DTI during 1994–1997 in a Conservative Government. During this time he dealt with a wide variety of issues, including providing support for the next phase of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, increasing awareness of the importance of access to the early internet revolution and coordinating Government support for the Roslin Institute which led to the Cloning of Dolly the Sheep and the creation of the Human Genetics Advisory Commission in February 1997. He was Chairman of the Conservative Policy Task- force on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 2005–2009. He chaired the all-Party Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (the oldest all- party committee), which includes the Parliamentary Engineering Group. He was also an officer of several all-party Parliamentary committees, including the Office of Science & Technology, the Information Society Alliance (EURIM), PITCOM (Information Technology Committee) and the Corporate Social Responsibility Group. He was a member of the Commission on National Security 2007–09. He was a Visiting Parliamentary Fellow at St. Antony's College Oxford in the Hilary Term 2007, lecturing on energy security. He chaired the European Movement 2000–05 and the Conservative Europe Group 2007-11 and also in 1985–88. He also chaired the Cuba Initiative 2006–2011. In 2003, he was one of only 15 Conservative MPs who voted against the Iraq War. During the 2019 General Election, he declared that he had become an Independent Conservative and explained in an open letter why on balance he supported the LibDem candate in Esher & Walton. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political- parties/conservative-party/news/108173/dominic-raabs-tory-predecessor-urges- voters From 1997 until 2010, he was a non-executive director of or adviser to various companies (see Register of Members' Interests). Space industry and research contributions In 2008, Ian Taylor gained the (Sir) Arthur C. Clarke Award for Individual Achievement in Promoting Space and Science. He was co-chair of the Parliamentary Space Committee and in 2009 he chaired the European Inter-Parliamentary Space Conference. Expenses In 2009, Taylor was not accused of any wrongdoing in the expenses scandal. Career after leaving Parliament Taylor has become chairman of two companies, on the board or advisory board of others. He was on the Government's Science & Technology Facilities Council 2011–2018, on an ESA (European Space Agency) Advisory Board, chaired the National Space Academy steering group until 2018 and is Chair of The League of Remembrance. [www.ian-taylor.eu] Personal life Taylor married Carole Alport in 1974 and they have two sons. Award In 2008, he was the winner of the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Best Individual Achievement. This was for his work in promoting UK space activity, including his position as co-chair of the Parliamentary Space Committee, and also for his efforts to promote the uptake of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in UK education. References External links * Ian Taylor MBE MP official site. Now see www.ian-taylor.eu * * ePolitix.com - Ian Taylor MP * Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ian Taylor MP * TheyWorkForYou.com - Ian Taylor MP * The Public Whip - Ian Taylor MP voting record] * BBC News - Ian Taylor MP profile 15 February 2005] * Category:Alumni of Keele University Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:UK MPs 1987–1992 Category:UK MPs 1992–1997 Category:UK MPs 1997–2001 Category:UK MPs 2001–2005 Category:UK MPs 2005–2010 Category:1945 births Category:Living people "