What key details about derek foster , baron foster of bishop auckland can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: derek foster , baron foster of bishop auckland , pc , dl -lrb- born 25 june 1937 -rrb- was the british member of parliament for bishop auckland , county durham from 1979 to 2005 . he is a member of the labour party . foster was chief whip of the opposition between 1985 and 1995 , becoming a member of the privy council in 1993 . after tony blair became leader in 1994 , he was keen to appoint a new chief whip and asked foster to stand aside , in return for the promise of a seat in the cabinet if and when labour returned to power . foster eventually agreed and became shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster in 1995 . however , when labour won the 1997 election , foster was appointed to the relatively junior role of parliamentary secretary in the cabinet office , under david clark . after giving the matter further thought , foster stood down from the government after just two days , and later publicly accused mr blair of having broken his promise to him . he was eventually appointed chair of the commons sub-committee on employment , becoming something of a thorn in the government 's side during mr blair 's first term . but the employment sub-committee was abolished in 2001 and he became a backbencher , retiring from the commons at the 2005 general election . 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 foster of bishop auckland , of bishop auckland in the county of durham . foster also has associations with the salvation army , serving at the sunderland millfield corps , whilst also a member of the labour friends of israel policy council .
- leader is tony beckett -lrb- acting -rrb- tony blair blair tony blair neil kinnock john smith margaret- successor is michael heseltine position abolished donald dewar helen goodman- constituency mp is bishop auckland- party is labour party- predecessor is ann taylor ann taylor michael cocks james boyden- office is shadow for the citizen 's charter opposition chief whip of the chancellor house of commons of the duchy of lancaster shadow minister- term end is 2 11 april 2005 may 1997 2 may 1997 19 october 1995- term start is 19 4 may 1979 october 1995 19 october 1995 23 october 1985- birth date is 25 june 1937- name is the lord foster