The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage's full title is The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE. Her name is Sharon Jane Taylor, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
5 Content(3.1%)
156 Not-Content(96.3%)
1 didn't vote(0.6%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
I have already set out the relief on stamp duty that is available for first-time buyers, but I agree with the noble Lord that it is important that we try to encourage more young people to purchase their first home, where they can afford to do so. The Bui
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
I thank my noble friend for her recognition of the huge amount of funding—£39 billion, which is the biggest in a generation—allocated by the Government for social and affordable homes to be built. At least 60% of those homes will be for social rent. On 2
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
There are exemptions from stamp duty for first-time buyers, so that is not the case for them. First-time buyers benefit from paying no stamp duty land tax up to £300,000 and are able to claim relief on purchases up to £500,000. The Government are working
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
The noble Baroness is quite right. The Government recognise that some people who entered shared ownership have faced real challenges. We have introduced new expectations for landlords to improve the customer experience, which include giving greater consi
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
I am always happy to look at any innovative ideas, wherever they occur. If there are those in Europe, I am happy to have a further look at them. We are making sure that we work harder on land availability through our partners in this programme. Some youn
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
We are already doing that. We made that announcement on Friday. From speaking to lenders, we know that many first-time buyers are not aware of all the innovative mortgage products that might help them, or that recent mortgage reforms may help them get on
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
My Lords, the Government are reforming the broken home-buying and home-selling system to slash delays, cuts costs and stop sales falling through. Last week—it was on Friday, so it may not have got the attention it deserved, like my noble friend’s announc
2026-06-22
Home Ownership: First-time Buyers
I thank the noble Lord for all the work he did on the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, which we will be producing our response to. The Government are committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market through freeing up o
2026-06-18
Jo Cox Civility Commission
My Lords, that was an incredibly thoughtful and well-informed debate, and I am very pleased to respond for the Government. I would like to thank my noble friend Lady Royall for opening the debate and all noble Lords who have spoken for some truly outstan
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, and the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, for the amendments on powers in Clause 17. I note that the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee concluded:
“There is nothing in this Bill which we would
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, this group of amendments concerns a range of mechanisms to strengthen the tenant voice and engagement across the social housing sector. It is a bit odd, as the noble Lord, Lord Stoneham, said, to be in this parallel universe where the Conservat
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Rather than the noble Baroness waiting for a letter from me, I can give her the answer to her question about the time spent between tenancies now. It is a median of 30 days.
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, we seem to have wandered a long way this evening from the straightforward purpose of the Bill: to adjust right to buy, to give confidence to local authorities to deliver social housing, and to protect domestic abuse victims. Anyway, I thank the
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, for her amendments on shared ownership and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for moving them.
Shared ownership has an important role to play in supporting households into home ownership who would otherw
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I start by responding to Amendment 76, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson.
I am pleased to reassure the noble Baroness and the noble Lord that the Government have already published guidance for soci
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Local authorities take a great deal of care when people apply for the social housing register, because they need to make sure that they meet their local provisions. That includes local connections, whether they have income eligibility and so on. They tak
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Again, I place great trust in our local housing authorities; they regularly assess their applicants. That has been even more the case as the availability of social housing has become more and more scarce. Local authorities take these responsibilities ver
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
In my experience, most local authorities do exactly what the noble Lord is suggesting: they very carefully take account of the information submitted by applicants for the waiting register when they apply for it. I think that those processes are already i
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, this group of amendments is about access to and eligibility for social housing. I want to make two opening points. First, it is important that debate on these issues is conducted carefully and respectfully, as the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will respond first to the intention of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill of Bexley, to oppose Clause 14 standing part of the Bill. I understand that this is a probing amendment seeking more detail on the Government’s rationale for repealing th
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this very thoughtful debate on these amendments. I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Best, for tabling Amendment 61, which addresses an important issue around the safety and security of tenant
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, the Government recognise the importance of regenerating existing social housing estates and the potential this can have to improve housing quality, energy efficiency and the overall supply of housing. Following Second Reading, I sent a letter t
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
I think the figures stated relate to what happens once we have enacted the Bill. As I have said many times, the ambition to deliver more social homes is not just about the replacement of right-to-buy homes. Right-to-buy sales may go down, but we still an
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registered 2024-08-06 · amended 2026-06-15
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Party history
2022-10-28 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-09 → present
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
2024-07-09 → present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Opposition posts
2023-02-21 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2023-02-21 → 2023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
2023-01-09 → 2024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for District Councils
Subject Group
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Officer | Cratus Group · District Councils’ Network | 3 | 2025-05-29 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Housing Bill [HL] | Lead | Committee stage | 2026-05-14 | |
| Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Act 2026 | Supporter | Royal Assent | 2026-02-25 |
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
5 bills
1 as lead sponsor
4 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Housing Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2026-05-14 | |
| Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2026-02-25 | |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-07-10 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-03-11 | |
| Renters’ Rights Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2024-09-11 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.