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Dr Richard Taylor (born July 7, 1934) is an English medical doctor turned politician, and the only independent MP elected to the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom, having run as the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate. His seat is Wyre Forest.
He campaigned largely on a single issue: that of keeping Kidderminster Hospital open, and won with a majority of 18,000 - defeating the incumbent Labour MP, David Lock. In this, he was aided by the Liberal Democrats not standing a candidate against him and instead supporting his campaign.
Before entering politics he had been a consultant at the hospital. While his speeches in the Commons are mostly confined to the health service, he has also laid out an atypical collection of political views. These non-health policies include backing Section 28, the renationalisation of the British railway system, and the availability of cannabis as a controlled drug.
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