Peter Taylor (mayor)

Peter Taylor
Taylor in 2018
Mayor of Watford
Assumed office
7 May 2018
Preceded byDorothy Thornhill
Hertfordshire County Councillor for Central Watford and Oxhey
Assumed office
2 May 2025
Preceded byStephen Giles-Medhurst
Majority1,311 (39.3%)
Watford Borough Councillor for Oxhey
In office
7 May 2012  7 May 2018
Preceded byAnthony Poole
Succeeded byImran Hamid
Personal details
BornApril 1980 (age 45)
Preston, Yorkshire, England
Political partyLiberal Democrats
SpouseRachel
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MA)

Peter Colin Taylor (born April 1980) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the second Mayor of Watford. He was elected in the 2018 election, succeeding Dorothy Thornhill. He was re-elected as mayor in 2022. Taylor has also served as the Hertfordshire County Councillor for Central Watford and Oxhey since 2025. He was a Watford Borough Councillor for Oxhey ward from 2012 to 2018, when he was elected Mayor.