John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick

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John David Beckett Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick (born 1952) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.

Taylor stood unsuccessfully for the Conservatives in the 1992 general election in Cheltenham, losing to the Liberal Democrats in a campaign alleged to have focused on race, with Taylor's West Indian background causing concern to local traditional Conservatives. He was made a Life Peer in 1996 and was the first black Tory peer. He is also Chancellor of Bournemouth University.

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