John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney

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The Right Honourable The Lord Kilclooney PC (NI)
Official portrait, 2019
Deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office 1995–2001
Leader	David Trimble
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 July 2001 Life peerage
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Strangford
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Michelle McIlveen
Member of Parliament for Strangford
In office 9 June 1983 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Iris Robinson
Northern Ireland Forum Member for Strangford
In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded by	New forum
Succeeded by	Forum dissolved
Member of Castlereagh Borough Council
In office 17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993
Preceded by	John Glass
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Constituency	Castlereagh South
Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland
In office 10 June 1979 – 15 June 1989
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Jim Nicholson
Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Down
In office 20 October 1982 – 1986
Preceded by	Assembly re-established
Succeeded by	Assembly dissolved
In office 28 June 1973 – 1974
Preceded by	Assembly established
Succeeded by	Assembly abolished
Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Down
In office 1975–1976
Preceded by	New convention
Succeeded by	Convention dissolved
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Tyrone
In office 25 November 1965 – 30 March 1972
Preceded by	William Frederick McCoy
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	John David Taylor (1937-12-24) 24 December 1937 (age 86) Armagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Crossbench (2001 - present) Ulster Unionist Party (Pre 2007)
Spouse	Mary Todd (d. 2023)
Children	6
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast

John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI) (born 24 December 1937) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2001, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford from 1983 to 2001. ^[1] Taylor has sat as a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords since 2001. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Strangford from 1998 to 2007.

Taylor also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Northern Ireland from 1979 to 1989.