Independent MP for Wyre Forest (2001-05) & (2005 -
(Wyre Forest is in north Worcestershire and encompasses Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley)
Dr. Richard Taylor
Independent MP for Wyre Forest (2001-05)
& (2005 -
(Wyre Forest is in north
Worcestershire and encompasses Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley)
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Independent Kidderminster
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Date of birth
7 July 1934 (Parents: Thomas Taylor and Mabel Hickley)
Dr Richard Thomas Taylor, BA, MB, FRCP, was educated at The Leys School, at Clare College Cambridge, and at (the former) Westminster Medical School (now part of the Imperial College School of Medicine), becoming a Consultant Physician in Rheumatology at the Kidderminster General Hospital, before retiring in 1995. He was also a member of the local Health Authority.
As a young Doctor he did his National Service in the RAF, serving some time on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean ! (see Hansard; 13 July 2006 - Column 1552)
Medical Career:
Political profile
In 2005, Richard Taylor became the only Independent MP to have retained his
seat
for a second term in the house since the 1949 elections.
He defeated a sitting government minister (David Lock - Labour - Lord Chancellor's Department) in 2001 to take Wyre Forest after campaigning on a single issue - saving the local Kidderminster Hospital which the government planned to downgrade - and was Quoted as "Mr. Smith goes to Westminster" by the radical 'Red Pepper' website.
"I used to be totally uninterested in politics,"
"My career move into politics was fired by complete and utter anger that a very few ill informed people had the right to take away a vital service for a population of 140 000 and wrap it up in spin."
In 1998, Worcestershire health authority favoured proposals that would close all acute inpatient services and the accident and emergency department at Kidderminster General Hospital, where Richard used to work. This would mean that all of the seriously ill local patients would have to travel many miles to hospitals in Worcester, Redditch, or Dudley for emergency and inpatient treatment.
Richard says: "This was simply a complete and utter disregard for the people and I felt that something must be done about it.""I am glad to say that I have no major regrets about my life. I would like to have been better at playing golf and playing the piano than I am, but I would not have missed my career in medicine for anything. Sadly, my job as a consultant physician at a district general hospital did not help my first marriage, but my three children from that marriage are all doing very well without any scars. My second marriage is absolute bliss, and my wife and 10 year old daughter fully support my current career and enjoy the occasional trips to London. I am very fortunate to be enjoying my second career in politics, but strictly as an amateur."
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He mainly speaks in the Commons on the health service and is a member of the
Health Select Committee.
Nonetheless, his election address and his voting record in two Parliaments
reflect his views on matters which defy routine political categorization.
Dr. Taylor's position on issues:
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
.. How Richard Taylor voted on
key issues since 2001:
Dr. Taylor's voting performance:
There are currently 58 people registered to track the speeches of Dr. Taylor 'on-line'.
Accolades spoken in 'The House' about Dr. Taylor .. ..
"The hon. Gentleman entered the House .. to have an honest and open debate about health care in his local community .. .."
"He has also become .. aware of how to be a streetwise politician, as is clear from some of his recent contributions to debates."
"The House benefits from his clinical expertise and long history of fine service to the NHS."
and on Television .. ..
"He epitomizes all that's finest about
the medical profession"..
Ken Clark QC - Tory
MP for Rushcliffe & former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Patricia Hewitt - Labour MP for Leicester West & Secretary of State for Health"He's one of the nicest medical men you could discover"..
Recent activity in Parliament - (2009)
To see entries for 2008 Click here
For the complete transcriptions of Dr. Taylor's speeches, please refer to
Hansard on-line by going to http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmhansrd.htm
The pages of
Hansard are Parliamentary copyright.
Expenses:
For information about what MP's are
allowed to claim as legitimate expenses. go to_
http://www.parliament.uk/about_commons/hocallowances/hocallowances06.cfm
| Members Allowance Expenditure |
April 2006-March 2007 |
Ranking |
April 2005-March 2006 |
| 1 | Cost of staying away from home | £19,923 | 393rd | £19,319 |
| 2 | London Supplement | £0 | - | £0 |
| 3 | Office Running Costs | £6,515 | 638th | £5,443 |
| 4 | Staffing Costs | £67,797 | 603rd | £63,181 |
| 5 | Members' Travel Allowance | £4,879 | 476th | £5,874 |
| 5a) | Car | £0 | . | . |
| 5b) | Third Party Ins./ Mileage / Rental | £0 | . | . |
| 5c) | Rail | £4,879 | . | . |
| 5d) | Air | £0 | . | . |
| 5e) | Other Travel | £0 | . | . |
| 5f) | European | £0 | . | . |
| 6 | Members' Staff Travel | £218 | 319th = | £26 |
| 7 | Centrally Purchased Stationery | £512 | 527th | £473 |
| 7 | Stationery - Associated Postage Costs | £1,547 | 489th | £1,435 |
| 8 | Central I.T. Provision | £738 | 619th | £0 |
| 9 | Staff Cover & Other Costs | £96 | 80th | £2,813 |
| . | . | £102,225 | 627th | £98,564 |
| . | . | . | Out of 645 Members | . |
| . | . | . | . |
634th |
And in previous (equally frugal) years_
| 2004/5 | 2003/4 | 2002/3 | 2001/2 |
| £94,627 | £92,303 | £86,709 | £57,793 |
| 634th out of 659 MP's | 625th out of 658 MP's | 629th of 657 MP's | 647th out of 657 MP's |
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