The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor | |
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![]() 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 | |
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 | 3 January 1963 |
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.