Stephen Taylor, Baron Taylor
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The Right Honourable The Lord Taylor |
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Member of Parliament for Barnet |
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In office 26 July 1945 – 23 February 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Maudling |
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Stephen James Lake Taylor 30 December 1910 High Wycombe Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | 1 February 1988 (aged 77) Wrexham, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
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Labour (Until 1981) Social Democrats (1981-1988) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Stephen James Lake Taylor, Baron Taylor (SJL Taylor) (30 December 1910 – 1 February 1988) was a British physician, civil servant, politician and educator.
Born in High Wycombe, from 1940 to 1944 he was Director of Home intelligence and the Wartime Social Survey in the Ministry of Information, and Labour Member of Parliament for Barnet from 1945 to 1950. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council from 1947 until 1950. He was a policy advisor on the National Health Service.
In 1951 he was invited by the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals trust to carry out a survey of general practice. He went on to make a significant contribution to the development of general practice, holding a number of positions on medical boards and other organisations.
In August 1958, he was created a life peer as Baron Taylor, of Harlow in the County of Essex. He served in government as Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1964 to 1966. He resigned from Labour Party in 1981 to sit with the Social Democratic Party.
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