John David Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, PC (NI), MLA is a former Ulster Unionist Party MP and now a life peer. He is deputy leader of the party, and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

He served as MP for Strangford in the British House of Commons between 1983 and 2001. Previously he also served as MP for South Tyrone in the former Northern Ireland House of Commons between 1965 and 1972. He represented Fermanagh & South Tyrone in the short-lived Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973 and dissolved in 1974, following the collapse of the power-sharing Executive.

In 1972 an attempt was made on his life, in which he was shot in the face by an IRA gunman. He survived, but needed extensive reconstructive surgery on his jaw.

• Full-name: John David Taylor
• Date of Birth: 24 December 1937
• Place of birth: Armagh City
• Education: The Royal, Armagh
• University: Queen's
• Previous Occupation: Company director; engineer; publishing

He became MP for Strangford in 1983 and after standing down in 2001 was created a life peer as Baron Kilclooney, of Armagh in the County of Armagh.

He sits on the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

External links

• Profile (http://www.rte.ie/culture/millennia/people/taylorjohn.html)