Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5183
taylora@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Bolton West February 1974 general election. MP (Labour) for Bolton West October 1974-83. Contested Bolton North East 1983 general election. MP (Labour) for Dewsbury 1987-2005
Parliamentary career
PPS to Fred Mulley:
as Secretary of State for Education and Science 1975-76,
as Secretary of State for Defence 1976-77;
Government Whip 1977-79;
Opposition Frontbench Spokesperson for:
Education 1979-81,
Housing 1981-83,
Home Office 1987-88,
Environment 1988-92;
Shadow Secretary of State for Education 1992-94;
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1994-95;
Shadow Leader of the House 1994-97:
Member House of Commons Commission 1994-98,
President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons 1997-98;
Member Public Accounts Commission 1997-98;
Government Chief Whip 1998-2001
Lords career
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson:
Ministry of Defence 2007-10 (Defence Equipment and Support 2007-08, International Defence and Security 2008-10),
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2009-10
Select committees
Chair Intelligence and Security Committee 2001-05
Councils, public bodies
Holmfirth UDC 1972-74
Political interests
Education, Home Office, intelligence and security, defence
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baroness Taylor of Bolton, of Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester 2005
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Member of the Board, Thales SA France (information systems for defence and security, aerospace and transportation)
8: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Various Football Association invitations to international and some domestic football matches, and associated hospitality
Board Room hospitality received from Bolton Wanderers Football Club, when attending football matches