Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor

The Right Honourable The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Official portrait, 2017
Chair of the Liberal Democrats
In office 12 June 2003 – 5 May 2005
Leader	Charles Kennedy
Preceded by	Mark Oaten
Succeeded by	Paul Holmes
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson
In office 9 August 1999 – 12 June 2003
Leader	Charles Kennedy
Preceded by	Malcolm Bruce
Succeeded by	Vince Cable
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2010 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Truro and St Austell Truro (1987–1997)
In office 12 March 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	David Penhaligon
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1963-01-03) 3 January 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Other political affiliations	Liberal (until 1988)
Spouse	Vicky Garner (divorced 2017)
Children	3
Alma mater	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Matthew Owen John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor (born 3 January 1963) is a British politician who has been a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro and St Austell (Truro, 1987–1997) in Cornwall from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.^[1] He was granted a life peerage and so became a member of the House of Lords on 16 July 2010.

Since 2007, Taylor has worked at a national level with successive governments on reforming national planning policy to support more sustainable forms of development and improved community engagement in placemaking. He is best known for his work in support of rural communities including developing neighbourhood planning policy, as well as creating the Government's "Garden Communities" policies for 21st-century sustainable new communities and neighbourhoods.