Alison Taylor (politician)

Alison Suzanne Watt Taylor is a Scottish Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North since 2024.

Career
Alison Taylor studied land economics at a Paisley university and is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. She has worked as a chartered surveyor.

Parliamentary career
Taylor ran for Parliament in the 2017 and 2019 general elections as the Scottish Labour candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire North. She finished second to Gavin Newlands on both occasions.

Taylor won Paisley and Renfrewshire North from Newlands in the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,333.