Dari Taylor
British politician (born 1944)
Dari Jean Taylor (née Jones; born 13 December 1944) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockton South between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.
Biography
Taylor was born into a staunch Labour Party-supporting family in Rhondda, South Wales, in December 1944. She attended Ynyshir Girls' School before moving to Burnley Municipal College when her father, Daniel Jones, was elected to Parliament as the Labour MP for Burnley in 1959. He remained the MP for Burnley until 1983. She graduated with a BA from the University of Nottingham and an MA from the University of Durham, then lectured at a number of colleges of Further Education.
Taylor was active in the Trade Union movement from 1990 until her election to Parliament in 1997. She initially worked as a researcher and in 1993 became the Regional Educational Officer for the GMB Union in the Northern Region. She was also an elected member of Sunderland Metropolitan Council between 1986 and the time of her election to Parliament.
She describes her interests as issues relating to women, health, the economy, industry, defence, international development, disabilities, drugs and crime and all aspects of child welfare, especially adoption.
Parliamentary career
Taylor was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist.
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