Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn
Thomas Taylor Baron Taylor of Blackburn, (* 10. June 1929 in Blackburn , † 25. November 2016 in London ) was a British politician of the Labor Party and since 1978 a member of the House of Lords . When he was suspended from his membership from May to November 2009, it was one of the first suspensions of a member of the House of Lords since the 17th century.
Life
Local politician and member of the House of Lords
Taylor began his political career for the Labor Party in local politics when he was elected a member of the Blackburn City Council in 1954 , of which he was a member until 1976. Next to it was Taylor who in 1960 also magistrate ( Justice of Peace ) in Blackburn was 1961-1995 member of the Council of Lancaster University and the Council of the 1962-1963 president of the Free Church of England . Most recently he was Chairman of the Blackburn City Council from 1972 to 1976 and then Chairman of the North West England Region's Electricity Consumers Council from 1977 to 1980 .
In 1978 he was raised to the nobility as a Life Peer with the title Baron Taylor of Blackburn, of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster and has since been a member of the House of Lords . Baron Taylor, who had been a member of the Commonwealth of Nations Parliamentary Assembly since 1978 , was also Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1994 to 2009 .
In addition to his political activities, he has also served on the boards of Building Themes International Ltd and Pine Mountain Resorts Ltd and served on the Lancaster University council for life. He also shows his ties to Lancashire as Vice President of the Association of Lancastrians in London . He was also a consultant to the company BAE Systems , Electronic Data Systems , United Utilities , Experian and Capgemini .
Cash for Influence affair and temporary suspension as a member of the House of Lords
Lord Taylor, to whom Lancaster University awarded an honorary doctorate in law in 1996 , was convicted of involvement in the Cash for Influence affair in the House of Lords in late January 2009 .
He and the members of the House of Lords Lord Snape , Lord Moonie and Lord Truscott were accused of having supported legislative proposals or legislative amendments in return for financial consideration. He confirmed to journalists that companies paid him between £ 25,000 and £ 100,000 annually. He and Lord Truscott were subsequently suspended from their membership in the House of Lords from May to November 2009. These were the first suspensions of lords since the 17th century.
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on June 30, 2012)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed June 30, 2012)
- Thomas Taylor at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rachel Williams, Robert Booth: Peer at center of 'cash for legislation' inquiry removed from credit check firm's payroll . In: The Guardian , January 30, 2009, accessed November 25, 2016.
- ^ Lords vote to suspend two peers . In: BBC News of May 21, 2009, accessed November 25, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Taylor, Thomas, Baron Taylor of Blackburn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Thomas, Baron Taylor of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackburn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2016 |
| Place of death | London |