Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland

The Right Honourable The Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland PC DL
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
Leader	Neil Kinnock John Smith Margaret Beckett (acting) Tony Blair
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 (1937-06-25)25 June 1937 Sunderland, England
Died	5 January 2019(2019-01-05) (aged 81) Sunderland, England
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]