John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick
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John David Beckett Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick (born 1952) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Taylor stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives in the 1992 general election in Cheltenham, losing to the Liberal Democrats in a campaign alleged to have focused on race, with Taylor's being black causing concern to local traditional conservatives. He was made a Life Peer in 1996 and was the first black Tory peer. He is Chancellor of Bournemouth University.
External links
- Biography from University of Bournemouth (http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/welcome/chancellorbiog.html)
- BBC News profile (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/talking_politics/1304393.stm)