George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock
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The Right Honourable George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, PC (born 21 January 1942) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
Foulkes was Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley. He was first elected in 1979 and stepped down at the 2005 general election. He is a member of the Privy Council and served as a junior minister at the Department for International Development.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and in June 2005 the peerage was gazetted as Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, of Cumnock in East Ayrshire.
External link
- Official site (http://www.georgefoulkesmp.co.uk/)