Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Official portrait, 2023
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byThe Baroness Swinburne
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir 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 byBrian Hall
Succeeded byRichard Henry
Member of Hertfordshire County Council
for Bedwell
In office
27 March 2008 – 10 July 2024
Preceded byTanis Kent
Member of Stevenage Borough Council
for Symonds Green
In office
1 May 1997 – 2 May 2024
Personal details
Born
Sharon Jane Severn

(1956-01-19) 19 January 1956 (age 68)
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyLabour
Children3

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.[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-16.