About Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lived 1937 – 2019 (aged 81). Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland was a British politician.
Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, (25 June 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, in County Durham, from 1979 to 2005. He died from cancer at a hospital in Sunderland on 5 January 2019, at the age of 81.
Other interests Foster was deeply committed to The Salvation Army, serving at the Sunderland Millfield Corps, whilst also a member of the Labour Friends of Israel Policy Council.
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British politician (1937-2019)
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Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland was born on 25 June 1937 in Sunderland.
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Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland died on 5 January 2019 in Sunderland.
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