Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Swinburne |
| Baroness-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2022 Life peerage | |
| Leader of Stevenage Borough Council | |
| In office 23 May 2006 – 31 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Hall |
| Succeeded by | Richard Henry |
| Member of Hertfordshire County Council for Bedwell | |
| In office 27 March 2008 – 10 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tanis Kent |
| Member of Stevenage Borough Council for Symonds Green | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 2 May 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sharon Jane Severn 19 January 1956 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
Sharon Jane Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, OBE (née Severn; born 19 January 1956), is a British politician and life peer who has served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government and a Baroness-in-Waiting since July 2024. She was a member of Stevenage Borough Council in Hertfordshire from 1997 to 2024, and served as the leader of the council from 2006 to 2022.