Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor

The Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Official portrait, 2017
Chair of the Liberal Democrats
In office
12 June 2003 – 5 May 2005
LeaderCharles Kennedy
Preceded byMark Oaten
Succeeded byPaul Holmes
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson
In office
9 August 1999 – 12 June 2003
LeaderCharles Kennedy
Preceded byMalcolm Bruce
Succeeded byVince Cable
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
16 July 2010
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Truro and St Austell
Truro (1987–1997)
In office
12 March 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byDavid Penhaligon
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1963-01-03) 3 January 1963 (age 61)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (until 1988)
Spouse
Vicky Garner
(m. 2007; div. 2017)
Children3
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Matthew Owen John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor (born 3 January 1963) is a British politician who has been a life peer in the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro and St Austell (Truro, 1987–1997) in Cornwall from 1987 until he stood down at the 2010 general election.[1] He was granted a life peerage and so became a member of the House of Lords on 16 July 2010.

Since 2007, Taylor has worked at a national level with successive governments on reforming national planning policy to support more sustainable forms of development and improved community engagement in placemaking. He is best known for his work in support of rural communities including developing neighbourhood planning policy, as well as creating the Government's "Garden Communities" policies for 21st-century sustainable new communities and neighbourhoods.

  1. ^ "Taylor of Goss Moor, Baron, (Matthew Owen John Taylor) (born 3 Jan. 1963)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u37154. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 4 May 2021.