Richard Taylor

Richard Thomas Taylor, MP, FRCP (born 7 July 1934) is an English doctor turned politician, Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest. The son of Thomas Taylor and his wife Mabel Hickley, Taylor was educated at The Leys School - interestingly, it was the same school as fellow Independent Member of Parliament Martin Bell, who was two years below him. Taylor then went to Clare College Cambridge, and the former Westminster Medical School, now ... more

Richard Thomas Taylor, MP, FRCP (born 7 July 1934) is an English doctor turned politician, Independent Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest. The son of Thomas Taylor and his wife Mabel Hickley, Taylor was educated at The Leys School - interestingly, it was the same school as fellow Independent Member of Parliament Martin Bell, who was two years below him. Taylor then went to Clare College Cambridge, and the former Westminster Medical School, now part of the Imperial College School of Medicine. Before entering politics, Taylor was a member of the local Health Authority, chairman of Kidderminster Hospital League of Friends (1996-2001), and a committee member of the Save Kidderminster Hospital Campaign (1997-2001). Standing for Parliament as an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate at the 2001 general election, Taylor campaigned largely on a single issue, that of keeping Kidderminster Hospital open, and won with a majority of 18,000. He defeated the incumbent... less