Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath

The Right Honourable The Lord Foster of Bath PC
Official portrait, 2022
Liberal Democrat Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Spokesperson
In office October 2016 – June 2017
Leader	Tim Farron
Preceded by	Lorely Burt
Succeeded by	Lord Fox
Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Alistair Carmichael
Succeeded by	Anne Milton[1]
Comptroller of the Household
In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Alistair Carmichael
Succeeded by	Gavin Barwell[2]
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office 4 September 2012 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andrew Stunell
Succeeded by	Stephen Williams
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 October 2015 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Bath
In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Chris Patten
Succeeded by	Ben Howlett
Personal details
Born	Donald Michael Ellison Foster (1947-03-31) 31 March 1947 (age 77) Preston, Lancashire, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	University of Keele University of Bath

Donald Michael Ellison Foster, Baron Foster of Bath PC (born 31 March 1947), is a British politician and life peer who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Comptroller of the Household from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath from 1992 to 2015.