The Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland | |
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Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 19 October 1995 – 2 May 1997 | |
Leader | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Ann Taylor |
Succeeded by | Michael Heseltine |
Shadow Minister for the Citizen's Charter | |
In office 19 October 1995 – 2 May 1997 | |
Leader | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Ann Taylor |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
In office 23 October 1985 – 19 October 1995 | |
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Preceded by | Michael Cocks |
Succeeded by | Donald Dewar |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 16 June 2005 – 5 January 2019 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland | |
In office 3 May 1979 – 11 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | James Boyden |
Succeeded by | Helen Goodman |
Personal details | |
Born | Derek Foster 25 June 1937 Sunderland, England |
Died | 5 January 2019 Sunderland, England | (aged 81)
Political party | Labour |
Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, PC, DL (25 June 1937[1] – 5 January 2019) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, in County Durham, from 1979 to 2005.[1]