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For other persons of the same name, see Ian Taylor.
Ian Colin Taylor MBE (born 18 April 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since 1987, which was renamed from Esher in 1997.
[edit] Early lifeHe went to Whitley Abbey School, Abbey Road, Coventry. He studied at Keele University, receiving a BA (Hons) in Economics, Politics and Modern History in 1967. He then did research at the London School of Economics. In 1969, he joined Hill Samuel & Co. In 1971, he became the manager of the European Department at Stirling & Co. From 1975-8, he lived in Paris. He worked as a Director for Mathercourt Securities Ltd from 1980-91. He is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. [edit] Political careerHe served as Minister for Science and Technology under John Major from 1994 to 1997. He is an ally of Kenneth Clarke, although in the 2005 Conservative leadership contest he backed David Davis. Taylor is known for his pro-EU links (Chairman of the European Movement 2000-2004 and member of Britain in Europe council until 2005. He now chairs the Conservative Europe Group, formerly Conservative Group for Europe). These views are at odds now with his generally-Eurosceptic Conservative Party. He specialises in science and technology issues - he chairs the Conservative policy group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. He is also on the ippr Commission on National Security. He is a keen supporter of fox hunting and shooting. Since 1997, he has been a non-executive director of or adviser to various companies (see Register of Members' Interests). These now include Next Fifteen Communications plc, Petards Group plc, and Avanti Communications plc. He announced that although he would have fought a General election this year, he would not stand if one was held next year. His letter to his Association is at http://www.iantaylormp.com/type3.asp?id=107&type=3 [edit] ExpensesIn 2009, Ian Taylor was not accused of wrongdoing in the expenses scandal that hurt several MPs. He had been claiming the maximum allowed for a second home allowance for a London home for four years between 2003 and 2008, even though his main residence was in Guildford - but this information had been public since 2005. The Daily Telegraph revealed that he had paid back £730 to the fees office for voluntary repayments to a builder and for overpayment of ground rent [1] [edit] Personal lifeHe has two sons (Arthur, born December 1977, and Ralph, born May 1980) from his marriage on June 17 1974 to (Lavender Lilias) Carole Alport (born December 1950 and daughter of Baron Cuthbert Alport). [edit] Awardin 2008 he was the winner of the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Best Individual Achievement. This was for his work in promoting UK space activity, including his position as co-chair of the Parliamentary Space Committee, and also for his efforts to promote the uptake of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in UK education. [edit] References
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