John Taylor (West Lothian MP)

John Taylor

Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons
In office 23 October 1959 – 1 March 1962
Leader	Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by	Ernest Popplewell
Succeeded by	Edward Short
Member of Parliament for West Lothian
In office 25 October 1951 – 1 March 1962
Preceded by	George Mathers
Succeeded by	Tam Dalyell

Personal details
Born	(1902-07-22)22 July 1902
Died	1 March 1962(1962-03-01) (aged 59)
Political party	Labour

John Taylor (22 July 1902 – 1 March 1962) was a British Labour Party politician who served as member of parliament for West Lothian.^[1]

Political career

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He was first elected at the 1951 general election, and his death in 1962 at the age of 59 caused a hotly contested by-election, in which William Wolfe of the Scottish National Party was beaten by Labour's Tam Dalyell.

Notes

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^ "Mr John Taylor (Hansard)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 12 November 2014.

External links

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Taylor

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Mathers	Member of Parliament for West Lothian 1951–1962	Succeeded by Tam Dalyell
Party political offices
Preceded by Ernest Popplewell	Deputy Labour Chief Whip in the House of Commons 1959–1962	Succeeded by Edward Short

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