Edwin Taylor, JP (13 February 1905 – 25 September 1973) was a British master baker and politician from Bolton. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article refers to the cooking profession For other uses see Baker (disambiguation A baker is someone who primarily Bakes Bolton ( is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West region of England.
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Bakery
Taylor was educated at St John's School, Wingates, and Bolton Technical College. Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He went into the bakery business and eventually opened his own bakery and confectioners' shop in his home town; keen to promote the business, he founded the Bolton and District Master Bakers' Association of which he became Chairman and eventually President. He was known locally as "the pie-man", or sometimes "The Dancing Pieman" because of his proficiency as a ballroom dancing champion. [1] During the Second World War, Taylor served in the Auxiliary Fire Service. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Auxiliary Fire Service ( AFS) was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of Civil Defence Air raid precautions.
Municipal service
In 1940 Taylor was co-opted onto Bolton Town Council as a Conservative for Tonge Ward (elections having been suspended due to the outbreak of war). The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. He lost his seat in 1945 but regained it in 1947. In 1952 he was made a Justice of the Peace, and in 1955 he was elected as an Alderman of Bolton. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions He was chosen as Mayor of the town in 1959-60 and served as Deputy Mayor the following year.
Byelection campaign
Philip Bell QC, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Bolton East, was appointed as a County Court Judge in the summer of 1960, which required a byelection to replace him. Philip Ingress Bell, TD, QC ( 10 January, 1900 &ndash 12 September, 1986) was a British barrister and judge A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Bolton East was a Borough constituency in the town of Bolton in Lancashire. Taylor was chosen as the new candidate. The byelection saw the decision of the Liberal Party to field a candidate, which broke a local pact which had held for 10 years whereby the Liberals left the Bolton East seat alone, and in return the Conservatives did not stand in Bolton West; the pact had achieved its objective of preventing the Labour Party from winning either. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Bolton West is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
Parliament
Taylor was elected by a margin of 641 votes over Labour candidate Robert Howarth, with the Liberal candidate Frank Byers securing a quarter of the vote. Robert Lever Howarth (born 31 July, 1927) is a British politician from Bolton who was a Member of Parliament for six years Charles Frank Byers Baron Byers, OBE (24 April 1915 – 6 February 1984 was a British Liberal Party politician Dissension within the Labour Party over nuclear disarmament was thought to have helped Taylor win. On taking his seat, one Labour MP immediately recommended that Taylor should be put on the Kitchen Committee of the House of Commons.
In his first year in Parliament, Taylor was much concentrated on fire safety after a fire in a club in Bolton killed 19 people. In 1962 he tabled an amendment calling on limits on the importation of cloth and yarn to prevent dumping by foreign competitors. He also joined the 1964 rebellion against the abolition of resale price maintenance. At the 1964 general election, a more organised Labour campaign in Bolton East saw Taylor voted out by a margin of more than 3,000 votes (with the Liberals simultaneously losing Bolton West by roughly the same margin). Campaign The pre-election campaign was prolonged as Douglas-Home delayed calling a general election in order to try to give himself the maximum time to improve the
Subsequent career
Taylor subsequently fought the 1966 general election attempting to regain his seat. National opinion poll summary Research Services: 3% swing to Labour (forecast majority of 101National Opinion Polls: 3 In May 1973 he was elected to Greater Manchester County Council, but died four months later.
References
- M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981)
- The Times
- ^ "Personal Rating In The Bolton East By-Election", The Times, 7 November 1960.
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| Preceded by Philip Bell |
Member of Parliament for Bolton East 1960–1964 |
Succeeded by Robert Howarth |
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