Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
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Robert John Taylor, PC (1881 – 19 July 1954) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.
In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the Treasury (a government whip) from 1945 to 1951. After Labour's defeat at the 1951 general election, he was appointed in 1952 as a Privy Counsellor.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Godfrey Nicholson |
Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1935–1954 |
Succeeded by Will Owen |
