Taylor's CV

Political

Elections

2021-present: Councillor for Westway ward, Tandridge District Council

Campaigning

2022: Campaign Manager for Harry Baker-Smith, Tandridge District Council Candidate for Dormansland & Felcourt
2022: Campaign Manager and Election Agent for Fodi Foti, Tandridge District Council Candidate for Whyteleafe
2021: Assistant Social Media Manager for Lisa Townsend, Candidate for (now elected) Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey
2021: Deputy Campaign Manager for Jeremy Webster, Surrey County Council Candidate for Caterham Hill
2019: Campaign Assistant for Claire Coutinho, Parliamentary Candidate (now MP) for East Surrey

Positions of responsibility

2023-present: Digital & Communications Officer, Dorking & Horley Conservative Association
2023-present: Deputy Chairman, Horley Conservatives

Deputy Chairman for the Horley branch of East Surrey Conservative Association for the voluntary side responsible for membership recruitment and engagement.

2022-present: Lead Conservative Party Spokesperson for Community Services, Tandridge District Council
2022-present: Co-Chairman, East Surrey Young Conservatives
2020-2022: Digital Campaigning Officer, East Surrey Conservative Association
2020-2023: Vice Chairman, Caterham Hill Conservatives

Vice Chairman for the Caterham Hill branch of East Surrey Conservative Association for the voluntary side responsible for political strategy in Chaldon, Portley, Queen's Park and Westway wards.

Career

2022-present: Communications Assistant

Taylor works as a Communications Assistant working primarily in Internal Communications and Social Media.

Volunteering

2022-2023: Council Representative, Caterham Community Association

Caterham Community Association manages a community centre in Caterham on the Hill for residents in the area to attend local clubs with members of all ages. It's also used by a local school for educational purposes.

2020: Volunteer, Four Parish Response Team

During the pandemic, the Four Parish Response team was set up by the Westway Centre in Caterham and aimed to support vulnerable residents living in Caterham, Westway, Whyteleafe and Chaldon. This could be through collecting and delivering shopping, checking in on residents and reducing social isolation.

2019: Fundraiser, National Autistic Society

The National Autistic Society aim to help all of the 700,000 autistic people in the UK and their families. They run specialist schools across the country, help companies to be more autism friendly and aspire to empower autistic people to have a good quality of life and to change attitudes about autism in society. In 2019, I attempted the Tube Challenge in aid of the National Autistic Society and raised £250.

2016-2017: Volunteer, The Sunnybank Trust

The Sunnybank Trust supports neurodiverse adults in North East Surrey to have opportunities, confidence and control over their lives. They aim to enable people with diverse abilities to feel safe and secure, facilitate friendship building and community support networks, and to empower people with diverse abilities in having a voice over their own future.