Robert John Taylor (1881 – 19 July 1954) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in

Blyth, Northumberland Blyth () is a port town, port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth, Northumberland, River Blyth. It has a population of 39,731 as of the 2021 cens ...

, Taylor became a coal miner and then a checkweighman. He became active in the Labour Party, serving on Blyth Council from 1935 until 1938, and also on

Northumberland County Council Northumberland County Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, having also ...

. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Morpeth constituency in

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, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73. In

Clement Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. At ...

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, he was a

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from 1945 to 1951, serving as Deputy Chief Whip from 1946.''Junior Government Appointments.''

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, 1 April 1946. After Labour's defeat at the 1951 general election, he was appointed in 1952 as a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Robert J 1881 births 1954 deaths Members of Northumberland County Council Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs People from Blyth, Northumberland UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Morpeth