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Don Foster – Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, and Olympics

Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, and Olympics
MP for Bath
Liberal Democrat candidate for Bath

About Me

Marital Status:	Married, two children and three grandchildren
Education:	Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Keele University, Bath University

Biography

Don Foster was elected as MP for the Bath constituency in the April 1992 General Election when he defeated Chris Patten with a majority of 3,768. He was re-elected in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Don was born in 1947 and was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Keele University (BA Hons. in Physics and Psychology) and Bath University (MA in Education).

Don is a former President of Liberal Democrat Youth and Students and of the British Youth Council. He is a former member of the Education and Employment Select Committee.

Experience

Don was a science teacher, an education lecturer at Bristol University and a management consultant with Pannell Kerr Forster

Parliamentary Experience

December 2005 to present: Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; 2007 to present: Shadow Minister for the Olympics; 2002 to 2003: Shadow Transport Secretary; 2001 to 2002: Shadow Secretary of State DTLR; 1999 to 2001: Shadow Secretary of State DETR; 1992 to 2001: Spokesman on Education and Employment.