Matthew Owen John Taylor (born 3 January1963) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Liberal DemocratMember of Parliament for Truro and St Austell in Cornwall. He was first elected to Parliament in 1987, in a by-election following the death of David Penhaligon. used with permission courtesey of the Liberal Democrats - see Wikipedia:Pictures from libdems. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Truro and St Austell is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Population - Total (2004 est. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Truro by-election, 1987 was caused by the death of David Penhaligon, the Liberal Democrat MP for Truro on December 22, 1986. ... David Charles Penhaligon (June 6, 1944-December 22, 1986) was a British politician from Cornwall who was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1974 until his death. ...
MatthewTaylor (born 1960) is a senior policy advisor to British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
Taylor is the only son of the sociologist and broadcaster Professor Laurie Taylor, and speaks highly of his stepmother (his father's second wife Anna Coote, the New Statesman and Channel 4 Dispatches journalist).
Taylor became a Warwickshire county councillor and fought Warwick and Leamington in the 1992 general election, pulling Labour up into second place, before joining the Labour Party's staff in 1994.