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The Lord Kilclooney | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
Deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
In office 1995–2001 | |
Leader | David Trimble |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 17 July 2001 Life peerage | |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Strangford | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Michelle McIlveen |
Member of Parliament for Strangford | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Iris Robinson |
Northern Ireland Forum Member for Strangford | |
In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998 | |
Preceded by | New forum |
Succeeded by | Forum dissolved |
Member of Castlereagh Borough Council | |
In office 17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993 | |
Preceded by | John Glass |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Constituency | Castlereagh South |
Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland | |
In office 10 June 1979 – 15 June 1989 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Jim Nicholson |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Down | |
In office 20 October 1982 – 1986 | |
Preceded by | Assembly re-established |
Succeeded by | Assembly dissolved |
In office 28 June 1973 – 1974 | |
Preceded by | Assembly established |
Succeeded by | Assembly abolished |
Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Down | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
Preceded by | New convention |
Succeeded by | Convention dissolved |
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Tyrone | |
In office 25 November 1965 – 30 March 1972 | |
Preceded by | William Frederick McCoy |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | John David Taylor 24 December 1937 Armagh, Northern Ireland |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Crossbench (2001 - present) Ulster Unionist Party (Pre 2007) |
Spouse | Mary Todd (d. 2023) |
Children | 6 |
Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI) (born 24 December 1937) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2001, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford from 1983 to 2001. [1] Taylor has sat as a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords since 2001. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Strangford from 1998 to 2007.
Taylor also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Northern Ireland from 1979 to 1989.