Teddy Taylor
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For other people named Edward Taylor, see Edward Taylor (disambiguation).
For the United States diplomat, see Teddy B. Taylor.
Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor (18 April 1937 – 20 September 2017), known as Teddy Taylor, was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for forty years, from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Southend East.
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Sir Teddy Taylor | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 9 December 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Alick Buchanan-Smith |
Succeeded by | Bruce Millan |
Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East Southend East (1980–1997) | |
In office 13 March 1980 – 11 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | Sir Stephen McAdden |
Succeeded by | James Duddridge |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart | |
In office 15 October 1964 – 7 April 1979 | |
Preceded by | John Henderson |
Succeeded by | John Maxton |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward MacMillan Taylor (1937-04-18)18 April 1937 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 20 September 2017(2017-09-20) (aged 80) Southend-on-Sea, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Unionist (until 1965) |
Spouse(s) | Sheila, Lady Taylor |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
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He was a lifelong Eurosceptic and leading member and vice-president of the Conservative Monday Club.