Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

Sharon Jane Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, OBE (born 19 January 1956),[1] is a British politician and life peer. She served as the leader of Stevenage Borough Council in Hertfordshire between 2006 and 2022.

Cllr
The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
OBE
Official portrait, 2023
Leader of Stevenage Borough Council
In office
23 May 2006 – 31 December 2022
Preceded byBrian Hall
Succeeded byRichard Henry
Hertfordshire County Councillor
for Bedwell
Assumed office
27 March 2008
Preceded byTanis Kent
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 October 2022
Life peerage
Personal details
Born (1956-01-19) 19 January 1956
Stevenage, England
Political partyLabour
Children3

In October 2022, it was announced that she would receive a life peerage, sitting in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.[2][3] On 28 October 2022, she was created Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, of Stevenage in the County of Hertfordshire.[4][5] She took her seat on 31 October 2022.[6]

A member of the Labour Party, Taylor became a local councillor in 1997, representing her home area of Symonds Green,[7] and leader of the council in 2006.[8] Before this, she was Head of Executive Support at Hertfordshire Constabulary.[9] Before that, she worked for John Lewis and British Aerospace.[10]

In 2008, Taylor became a county councillor for Hertfordshire County Council. In the 2010, 2015 and 2017 general elections, she unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Stevenage. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to local government in the 2013 New Year Honours.[3][11]

Taylor is divorced and has three children.[10]

In February 2023, she accepted the role of patron of the Stevenage Community Trust. Taylor has been a supporter since the trust's inception in 1990. [12]

References
  1. "Sharon Taylor". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. "Political Peerages 2022". gov.uk. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. "Sharon Taylor to enter House of Lords and step down as council leader". The Comet. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. "No. 63864". The London Gazette. 2 November 2022. p. 20950.
  5. "Baroness Taylor of Stevenage". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  6. "Latest civil service & public affairs moves – November 7". Civil Service World. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. "Stevenage: Interview with new Baroness Taylor". The Comet. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. "Cllr Sharon Taylor OBE – House of Lords appointment". Stevenage Borough Council. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  9. "Sharon Taylor". Hertfordshire Labour Group. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  10. Taylor, Sharon (15 February 2010). "Q&A: Sharon Taylor of Stevenage Borough Council". Great British Life (Interview). Interviewed by Great British Life. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  11. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 28 December 2012. p. 14.
  12. "Baroness Sharon Taylor - Patron". www.stevenagecommunitytrust.org. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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