Parliamentary Career
Taylor was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist. Taylor was elected as Member of Parliament for Stockton South in 1997, until losing the seat at the 2010 General Election.
Taylor served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lewis Moonie and Lord Bach (Ministry of Defence) from 2001–03 and then as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hazel Blears, Home Office minister between 2003 and 2005. Her latest such position was again as a Parliamentary Private Secretary, to Phil Hope at the Department of Health 2008-09.
She was the Chairman of the North East Regional Select Committee and a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Taylor was secretary of Labour Friends of India, Vice-chair of the Azerbaijan Group and the treasurer for the Opera Group.
Whilst in Parliament, Taylor was Chair of the Adoption and Fostering Group, Secretary for the Cardiac Risk in the Young Group and Vice-chair of the Children Group.
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