Sir William Johnson Taylor, 1st Baronet (23 October 1902 – 26 July 1972) was a

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and National Liberal Party politician in the

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. At the 1945 general election he stood unsuccessfully in the Bradford East constituency in

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, losing in that year's landslide by a wide margin to the Labour Party candidate Frank McLeavy. After boundary changes, he stood at the 1950 general election in the neighbouring

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, where he unseated the Labour MP

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. Taylor served under

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between 1957 and 1959, when the post was abolished, and as

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between 1959 and 1962. He held Bradford North until his defeat at 1964 general election by Labour's Ben Ford. He was created a Baronet, of Cawthorne in the West Riding of the County of York, in 1963. He died in July 1972, aged 69, when the baronetcy became extinct.

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* 1902 births 1972 deaths National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 Politicians from Bradford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub