Rachel Taylor | |
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Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire and Bedworth | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Craig Tracey |
Majority | 2,198 (5.4%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Rachel Margaret Taylor [1] is a British Labour Party politician serving as a Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire and Bedworth since 2024. [2]
Taylor was born and educated in Warwickshire. She studied at the University of Leeds,where she was Vice President for Welfare in the University Union. [3] She has previously worked as a solicitor,specialising in property law,and helped to run a retail business in the North Warwickshire area. She has also been a tennis umpire at Wimbledon. [4] [5]
She served on North Warwickshire Borough Council representing the ward of Atherstone Central, [6] [7] and was first elected to represent one of two seats in the constituency on 4 May 2023;the other seat was won by Neil Dirveiks,also a Labour councillor. [7] She was selected to contest the new seat of North Warwickshire and Bedworth for Labour in December 2023. [8] She was described as being among a number of LGBTQ+ parliamentarians by PinkNews in 2024. [9]
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