Rachel Taylor (politician)

Rachel Taylor is a British Labour Party politician serving as a Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire and Bedworth since 2024.

Taylor was born and educated in Warwickshire. She studied at the University of Leeds, where she was Vice President for Welfare in the University Union. She has previously worked as a solicitor, specialising in property law, and helped to run a retail business in the North Warwickshire area. She has also been a tennis umpire at Wimbledon.

She served on North Warwickshire Borough Council representing the ward of Atherstone Central, and was first elected to represent one of two seats in the constituency on 4 May 2023; the other seat was won by Neil Dirveiks, also a Labour councillor. She was selected to contest the new seat of North Warwickshire and Bedworth for Labour in December 2023. She was described as being among a number of LGBTQ+ parliamentarians by PinkNews in 2024.