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Kevin Foster is a former MP for Torbay.

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Former Conservative MP for Torbay

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @kevin_j_foster
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kevin Foster campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Junior Doctors: Pay
• Members: Correspondence
• Railways: South West
• Gender Recognition
• Broadband: Torbay

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] Committee (28 Feb 2024 to 7 Mar 2024)
• Member, Media Bill Committee (29 Nov 2023 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (27 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Jan 2023 to 25 Jan 2023)
• Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 16 Nov 2022)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee ( 8 Nov 2022 to 26 Oct 2023)
• Minister of State (Department for Transport) ( 7 Sep 2022 to 26 Oct 2022)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (16 Dec 2019 to 7 Sep 2022)
• Assistant Whip ( 4 Apr 2019 to 16 Dec 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales ( 4 Apr 2019 to 16 Dec 2019)
• The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office ( 4 Apr 2019 to 31 Oct 2019)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (31 Oct 2017 to 24 Apr 2019)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (13 Jun 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Backbench Business Committee (14 Dec 2015 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 7 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Adrian Sanders
• Rupert Allason
• Frederic Bennett

Future MPs in this constituency

• Steve Darling

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Media Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Shark Fins Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee (31 out of 32)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Offensive Weapons Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Road Traffic Offenders (Surrender of Driving Licences Etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Riot Compensation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Culture, Media and Sport: Local Journalism 23 May 2024

  The Minister must have guessed that a mention of the Torbay Weekly, which was launched four years ago under its editor Jim Parker, would be coming in this supplementary question. On a more serious note, one of the worrying trends we have seen is the way that national corporations will buy a historic local title, turn it into a weekly and run into the ground. Even when such corporations close...

• Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions 23 May 2024

  The reputation of Torbay’s iconic tourism sector has been badly hit by recent events relating to local water supplies. What discussions has the Minister had with colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about ensuring that support is provided and paid for by South West Water to compensate for that?

More of Kevin Foster’s recent appearances