Sharon Jane Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, OBE (née Severn; born 19 January 1956), is a British politician and life peer who has served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government and a Baroness-in-Waiting since July 2024.

She attended the Girls Grammar School in Stevenage and Hatfield Polytechnic, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree.

[3] In 1997, Taylor became a local councillor for the Labour Party, representing her home area of Symonds Green.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to local government in the 2013 New Year Honours.

[8][9] In October 2022, it was announced that she would receive a life peerage, sitting in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.