Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4051
taylorjl@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Chesterfield February and October 1974 general elections
Lords career
Opposition Whip 2006-10;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Environment 2006-07,
Wales 2006-07,
Work and Pensions 2006-10,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2007-10;
Government Whip 2010-11;
Government Spokesperson for:
Cabinet Office 2010-11,
Energy and Climate Change 2010-11,
Work and Pensions 2010-11;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2011-12,
(Criminal Information), Home Office 2012-
Party groups
Member, Executive Committee, East Midlands Conservative Council 1966-98;
Chair, Candidates Committee 1997-98, 2002-05;
Member, Conservative Board of:
Finance 1985-89,
Management 1996-98, 2000-03;
President and Conservative Conference Chair 1997-98;
Deputy chair, Conservative Party 2000-03;
Chair:
National Conservative Convention 2000-03,
Conservatives Abroad 2001-09,
Conservative Agents Superannuation Fund 2006-10
Councils, public bodies
Member, Horticulture Development Council 1986-91;
Minister of Agriculture's Regional Panel:
Eastern Region 1990-92,
East Midlands Region 1992-96,
Lincoln Diocesan Assets Committee 1995-2001, 2004-
International bodies
Member, EC Working Party on European Bulb Industry 1982
Political interests
Agriculture and horticulture, environment, energy, waste, freight, democracy and political parties
Countries of interest
France, Netherlands, Slovenia
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Taylor of Holbeach, of South Holland in the County of Lincolnshire 2006
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
In receipt of ministerial salary as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office
4: Shareholdings (a)
OA Taylor & Sons Bulbs Ltd (through a non-beneficial share settlement)
OA Taylor & Sons Ltd
The above two companies are also trading together as OA Taylor & Sons
5: Land and property
Agricultural land, farmhouse, warehouses, buildings and greenhouses in the parishes of Holbeach, Whaplode and Fleet, Lincolnshire; owned through family companies, trusts and partnerships, singularly and jointly
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Mary Bass Trust and Willders Trust
President, Lincolnshire Agricultural Society
Trustee, Lord Taylor of Holbeach 2012 Share Settlement (no beneficial interest)
Trustee, Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust