Keith Taylor (British politician)
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Keith Taylor MEP |
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| Principal Speaker of the Green Party | |
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In office 6 August 2004 – 24 November 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Woodin |
| Succeeded by | Derek Wall |
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Member of the European Parliament for South East England |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Caroline Lucas |
| Brighton and Hove Councillor for St. Peters and North Laine Ward | |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 6 May 2010 |
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| Succeeded by | Lizzie Deane |
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1 August 1953 Rochford, Essex |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Website | www.keithtaylormep.org.uk |
Keith Richard Taylor (born 1 August 1953 in Southend, Essex) is a senior Green Party politician. Taylor was one of the two Principal Speakers of the party from August 2004 to November 2006. Taylor gained prominence for being at the time the Green Party's most successful parliamentary candidate ever in the UK, after winning 22% of the vote in the Brighton Pavilion constituency at the 2005 General Election. After the 2010 General Election Taylor was appointed to the European Parliament for the South East of England.
Before becoming a Green Party activist, Taylor lived in Brighton and owned a local business. Taylor "took to community activism opposing an inappropriate local development", leading him to join the Green Party. Taylor was a participant in the campaign by BUDD, opposing the development now called the New England Quarter adjacent to Brighton railway station.
In 1999, Taylor was elected as a councillor on Brighton and Hove City Council, representing the St. Peters and North Laine ward. He became Convenor (the local group's name for its leader) of the Green group of councillors on the City Council. During his time as a councillor Taylor was a member of the Policy & Resources Committee, the Adult Social Care & Health Committee, the Housing Committee, the Joint Commissioning Board, the Shoreham Airport Joint Committee, the Housing Decision Procedures Scrutiny Panel and the Licensing & Regulatory Functions Sub-Committee.
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