Bill Taylor (born 1952) is the former leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council in England and election agent for Blackburn MP and former Justice Minister Jack Straw from 1979 to 2010. He was Mayor of the Borough of Blackburn from 1989–90 and was knighted in 2003 for services to local government.[1]. From its creation in the late 1990s, Blackburn with Darwen was Council of the Year twice.
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Taylor graduated in Politics, Education and Trade Union Studies at Lancaster University in 1973, and in 1976 achieved an Advanced Certificate of Education at Manchester Polytechnic. He returned to Lancaster University to gain an MA in Education in 1985.
He worked in youth and community work as a detached worker, centre-based, area-focused and a school-based youth tutor. He was a youth and community work trainer and manager in multi-ethnic Blackburn for 22 years and neighbouring more rural Ribble Valley for 11 until he retired in early 2006.
Within Blackburn's local government he chaired various committees.
After retiring Taylor established a consultancy and worked with the now merged Local Government Association and the Improvement and Development Agency.