Early life and education
Taylor grew up in rural Lincolnshire. His parents were both teachers,and his father,Neil Taylor,was a Liberal Democrat councillor in West Lindsey in Lincolnshire. [4]
His father had taught Geography at Middlefield School in Gainsborough since 1981. [5] [6] At the school,his father took much interest in Ruth Wetton of the Castle Hills school,who was hit by a car and killed,outside Middlefield School on 1 April 1994. [7] [8] [9] His father lived on Velden Way in the 1980s,then Chapman Street in the 1990s, [10] until May 2002. [11]
His mother Julie taught at De Aston School from 1976, [12] becoming head of history by the early 1990s,under headmaster Tony Neal, [13] and head of sixth form from January 1997. [14] Both of his parents were De Aston school governors in the 1990s.
His father was a parliamentary candidate in the 1992 United Kingdom general election for Gainsborough and Horncastle. [15]
He was educated at De Aston School in Market Rasen,with Robbie Moore (politician), [16] and later graduated with a Master of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London in 2004. [17] [18]
Prior to entering Parliament,Taylor worked at Ricondo (Aviation Consulting),a position he left shortly after his election. [19]
Political career
Taylor was elected as the MP for Sutton and Cheam on 4 July 2024 at the 2024 General Election,winning with a majority of 3,801 votes (36.9%) and overturning a substantial Conservative margin. [20] Taylor delivered his maiden speech in October 2024. [21]
Since September 2024,he has served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for London. [20] He holds a seat on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee,which he joined in October 2024. [20]
He also introduced a Private Members’Bill - the Hospices and Health Care (Report on Funding) Bill - first read in October 2024 and with a second reading scheduled for September 2025. [22]
Taylor serves as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Aviation,Travel and Aerospace. [20] He is also an officer on the APPGs on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community,British Hindus,and Hospice and End of Life Care.
In June 2025,Swallow voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [23]
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