Keith Taylor
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Cllr Keith Taylor (born 1 August 1953 in Southend, Essex) is a senior figure in the Green Party of England and Wales. He was one of the two Principal Speakers of the party from August 2004 (succeeding the late Dr Mike Woodin) to November 2006 (when he was succeeded by Derek Wall).
Taylor is the leader of the six-strong Green group of councillors on Brighton and Hove city council, where he represents St Peters and North Laine Ward. He also stood as the candidate for the strongest Green constituency in the country, Brighton Pavilion, in the May 2005 general election, receiving the party's highest ever general election score, polling 22% of the votes.
In November 2005, he was re-elected male Principal Speaker of the Green party, beating ecosocialist Derek Wall, 851 votes to 803. In November 2006, Taylor lost to Wall by 767 votes to 705.
[edit] External links
- Green Party press release announcing the appointment of Keith Taylor as Green Party principal speaker
- Green Party press release announcing the defeat of Keith Taylor
- Independent: Former beer importer to be Green Party's new speaker
- BBC News: Green Party appoints a new leader: The Green Party has appointed a 51-year-old city councillor as one of its two leaders.
- Guardian: Greens name new figurehead
- Keith Taylor's Westminster parliamentary election campaign website
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