Image copyright PA Image caption Lord Taylor apologised to the House of Lords for his role in a newspaper sting A Labour peer has died after being seriously injured when his mobility scooter collided with a van outside Parliament during rush hour.
Lord Taylor of Blackburn, 87, was taken to a south London hospital after the crash on Wednesday last week.
Lord Taylor was the Labour leader of Blackburn Council in the 1970s before being made a Life Peer in May 1978 and becoming a businessman.
The driver stopped at the scene but was not arrested, police said at the time.
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Thomas Taylor became a member of Blackburn Town Council in 1954 and was its leader from 1972-76.
In 2009 Lord Taylor was suspended from the Lords for six months after allegedly offering to help a business secure favourable changes in legislation for a fee in a newspaper “sting” operation. It was the first time in 350 years that peers have been banned in this way.
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