Paul Andrew Foster is a British
Labour Party politician who has been
Member of Parliament for
South Ribble since
2024
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Foster was previously leader of South Ribble Borough Council for five years. He is an army veteran and "never aspired to end up in Parliament when he first entered the political fray as a borough councillor 17 years ago" according to the local Blog Preston news site.
In his maiden speech, Foster said, "I was brought up in
Barrow-in-Furness, and I have a continuing passion for
Barrow AFC. However, during the crippling strikes at the shipyard in 1988 in response to
Mrs Thatcher's targeted attacks on the UK's manufacturing industry, I ended up joining the British Army's
Corps of Royal Engineers at the tender age of 18." Foster served for just under 15 years, "serving operationally in the first
Gulf war on
Operation Haven
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and in the
Kosovo conflict in 1999, to name but two." He left the army in 2003.
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Living people
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 2024–present
Year of birth missing (living people)
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