John Taylor (West Lothian MP)

John Taylor
Born	(1902-07-22)22 July 1902
Died	1 March 1962(1962-03-01) (aged 59)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Politician

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

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Taylor

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