John Wilkinson Taylor (11 August 1855 – 26 June 1934) was a British Labour Party politician. Taylor began working at the age of nine, and three years later began an apprenticeship as a

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. This enabled him to find work above ground at Dipton Colliery, and he became active in the

Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association The Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association was a trade union representing mechanics working at coal mines in County Durham, in England. A predecessor of the union was founded in 1874 as the National Amalgamated Society of Colliery Mechanics, but i ...

, eventually becoming its secretary. He also served on the County Durham Mining Federated Board, and as president of the Durham Ages Mineworkers' Homes Association. Taylor was elected as

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for

Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street (), also known as Chester, is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England, around north of Durham and also close to Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is located on the River Wear, which runs out to sea at Sun ...

at the 1906 general election, and held the seat until he resigned in 1919 due to ill-health.

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* 1855 births 1934 deaths Independent Labour Party MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub