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Lord Foster of Bath

Member of the House of Lords (Liberal Democrat).

Membership

  • House of Lords, Liberal Democrat (5 November 2015 – now)
  • MP for Bath, Liberal Democrat (6 May 2010 – 30 March 2015)
  • MP for Bath, Liberal Democrat (5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010)
  • MP for Bath, Liberal Democrat (7 June 2001 – 11 April 2005)
  • MP for Bath, Liberal Democrat (1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001)
  • MP for Bath, Liberal Democrat (9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997)

Roles

  • Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (31 January 2024 – now)
  • Chair, Rural Economy Committee (17 May 2018 – 26 March 2019)
  • Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (28 October 2016 – 16 June 2017)
  • Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) (7 October 2013 – 8 May 2015)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (6 September 2012 – 7 October 2013)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1 July 2003 – 6 May 2010)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (1 June 2002 – 1 June 2003)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions) (1 June 1999 – 1 June 2001)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (1 June 1995 – 1 June 1997)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Education) (1 June 1992 – 1 June 1995)

Bath: 2010 general election: majority 11,883 (25.2%).

Bath: 2005 general election: majority 4,638 (10.1%); 2001 general election: majority 9,894 (21.4%); 1997 general election: majority 9,319 (17.3%).