20 Facts About Dari Taylor

Dari Jean Taylor is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stockton South between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.

Dari Taylor attended Ynyshir Girls' School before moving to Burnley Municipal College when her father, Daniel Jones, was elected to Parliament as the Labour MP for Burnley in 1959.

Dari Taylor graduated with a BA from the University of Nottingham and an MA from the University of Durham, then lectured at a number of colleges of Further Education.

Dari Taylor was active in the Trade Union movement from 1990 until her election to Parliament in 1997.

Dari Taylor initially worked as a researcher and in 1993 became the Regional Educational Officer for the GMB Union in the Northern Region.

Dari Taylor was an elected member of Sunderland Metropolitan Council between 1986 and the time of her election to Parliament.

Dari Taylor describes her interests as issues relating to women, health, the economy, industry, defence, international development, disabilities, drugs and crime and all aspects of child welfare, especially adoption.

Dari Taylor was selected to stand for election for Labour through an all-women shortlist.

Dari Taylor was elected as Member of Parliament for Stockton South in 1997, until losing the seat at the 2010 general election.

Dari Taylor served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lewis Moonie and Lord Bach from 2001 to 2003 and then as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hazel Blears, Home Office minister between 2003 and 2005.

Dari Taylor was the chairman of the North East Regional Select Committee and a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee.

Whilst in Parliament, Dari Taylor was Chair of the Adoption and Fostering Group, Secretary for the Cardiac Risk in the Young Group and Vice-chair of the Children Group.

In early November 2008 Dari Taylor was found guilty of misusing House of Commons stationery for political purposes, with four complaints about her upheld.

We particularly regret the fact that Ms Dari Taylor has continued to dispute parts of the Commissioner's findings and we are very disappointed that she has offered no apology.

Dari Taylor suggested that the rules were too "confusing" and that she had "tried her best" to stick to them.

In 2006, on the subject of not being top of north east MP expenses, Dari Taylor said she was disappointed not to be higher in the list.

Dari Taylor was one of the 98 MPs who voted to keep MPs' expenses secret.

Dari Taylor was one of the few MPs to publish their expenses independently, but had blacked out the parts that revealed staffers' personal details.

Dari Taylor is in favour of nuclear power and the replacement of Trident.

Dari Taylor married David Taylor in July 1970 and they have one daughter.