He was the only independent MP in the Commons in 2001 when he won Wyre Forest on a health platform.
BBC Political Reporter, Hereford & WorcesterDr Richard Taylor, a former independent MP who campaigned to preserve hospital services in Worcestershire, has died at the age of 89.
He was successful in winning the Wyre Forest seat from Labour with a majority of 18,000, holding it in 2005 before losing to the Conservatives in 2010. "It's a sad loss to the community of Wyre Forest," said Graham Ballinger, former leader of the Wyre Forest's Independent Community and Health Concern party, of which Dr Taylor was president until his death on Wednesday."People still talk about him on the doorstep now. He was a wonderfully honest guy: what he said, he did.
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