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John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney
1937Dec, 24

John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney

John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish Minister of Home Affairs
John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI) (born 24 December 1937) is a Crossbench life peer from Northern Ireland, who has sat in the House of Lords since 2001.

He previously served as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford from 1983 to 2001. He was deputy leader of the UUP from 1995 to 2001, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) from 1998 to 2007, where he represented the Assembly Seat of Strangford.

Prior to his election as an MP, Taylor was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Northern Ireland, from 1979 to 1989.

He was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament, representing the seat of South Tyrone from 1965 to 1972.

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