Tom Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn
The Lord Taylor of Blackburn | |
|---|---|
June 2013, asking a question about badger culling | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 4 May 1978 – 25 November 2016 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Taylor 10 June 1929 |
| Died | 25 November 2016 (aged 87) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Kathleen |
| Children | 1 son |
Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, CBE, JP, DL (10 June 1929 – 25 November 2016) was a businessman and Labour politician. He was a member of Blackburn Council for 22 years, serving as its leader from 1972 to 1976. In 1978, he became a member of the House of Lords. In 2009, he was suspended from the House, along with Baron Truscott, as a result of the cash for influence scandal, the first peers to be suspended since the 17th century.