Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton
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| The Right Honourable The Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC |
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| In office 27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
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| Preceded by | Nick Brown |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Armstrong |
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| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Newton |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
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| Born | July 2, 1947 London, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician.
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[edit] Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament for Bolton West between 1974 and 1983, then Dewsbury between 1987 and 2005. She contested Bolton North East in 1983, but lost to the Conservatives.
[edit] In government
Ann Taylor was a government whip in the Callaghan Government from 1977, and returned to Government following the 1997 election, first as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from 1997 to 1998, then became Chief Whip until 2001 when she was sacked from the government. From 2001 she was Chairman of the influential Intelligence and Security Committee. Her appointment was criticised by opposition Liberal Democrats.[1]
[edit] Backbenches, Retirement and Peerage
As a backbencher, Ann Taylor sponsored a Private Member's Bill, the 'Succession to the Crown (no 2)' Bill, which sought to elminiate gender and religious discrimination in the royal succession. [2]
Taylor stepped down from the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. The Constituency Labour Party selected Shahid Malik to be their candidate.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced she was to be given a Life Peerage, and she was created Baroness Taylor of Bolton, of Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester, on 13 June 2005.
She was made Minister for Defence Procurement on 7 November 2007, following Lord Drayson's decision to resign to compete in the American Le Mans Series; unlike her predecessor, she will be paid.[3]
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Votes
The Public Whip cites her as being "Very Strongly" for the Iraq War, equal Gay Rights, and Foundation Hospitals. (despite being noted for voting against Conservative MP Edwina Currie's 1994 proposed amendement to the Public Order and Criminal Justice Bill to equalise the age of homosexual consent to 16).[4]
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Robert Redmond |
Member of Parliament for Bolton West 1974–1983 |
Succeeded by Tom Sackville |
| Preceded by John Whitfield |
Member of Parliament for Dewsbury 1987–2005 |
Succeeded by Shahid Malik |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Tony Newton |
Lord President of the Council 1997–1998 |
Succeeded by Margaret Beckett |
| Leader of the House of Commons 1997–1998 |
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| Preceded by Nick Brown |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1998–2001 |
Succeeded by Hilary Armstrong |
| Chief Whip 1998–2001 |
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| Preceded by Tom King |
Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee 2001–2005 |
Succeeded by Paul Murphy |
| Preceded by Paul Drayson |
Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) 2007–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
