Rejection By The Electorate and A New Seat
In the 1979 election, Glasgow bucked the British trend by showing a slight swing from Conservative to Labour and Taylor lost his seat, the only Conservative MP at that election (other than by-election victors) to do so. Taylor re-entered Parliament at a 1980 by-election for Southend East following the death of Sir Stephen McAdden then, from 1997, representing Rochford and Southend East. He did not serve in government after his return but received a knighthood in 1991.
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