Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

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rdf:langString Sharon Jane Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, OBE (born 1956) is a British politician and life peer. She is the leader of Stevenage Borough Council, England. In October 2022, it was announced that she would receive a life peerage, sitting for the Labour Party. On 28 October 2022, she was created Baroness Taylor of Stevenage. She took her seat on 31 October 2022. A member of the Labour Party, Taylor became a local councillor in 1997, representing her home area of Symonds Green, and leader of the council in 2006. Before this, she was Head of Executive Support at Hertfordshire Constabulary. Before that, she worked for John Lewis and British Aerospace. In 2008, Taylor became a county Councillor for Hertfordshire County Council. In the 2010, 2015 and 2017 general elections, Taylor contested the Stevenage constituency. In the 2013 New Year Honours, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to local government. Taylor is divorced and has three children.