Dari Taylor
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Dari Taylor MP |
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| Member of Parliament for |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Devlin |
| Succeeded by | James Wharton |
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13 December 1944 Rhondda, Wales |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | David Taylor |
| Alma mater |
University of Nottingham University of Durham |
| Website | daritaylormp.co.uk |
Dari Jean Taylor (born 13 December 1944) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.
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.
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 2001–03 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 2008–09.
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