predecessor successor children birth_place constituency_mp party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
alistair carmichael alistair carmichael andrew stunell chris patten anne milton gavin barwell stephen williams ben howlett 1 son 1 daughter preston , lancashire bath liberal democrats government comptroller of the household undersecretary of state for communities and deputy local government chief whip of the house of commons david cameron david cameron david cameron 31 march 1947 7 9 april 1992 october 2013 7 october 2013 4 september 2012 victoria pettegree don foster minister.jpg don foster -lrb- politician -rrb-
 11 30 march 2015 may 2015 11 may 2015 7 october 2013 don foster university of keele university of bath
don foster -lrb- politician -rrb-

donald michael ellison foster -lrb- born 31 march 1947 -rrb- is a british liberal democrat former mp , representing bath in south west england until 2015 .
from october 2013 to may 2015 he held the position comptroller of the household as well as liberal democrat chief whip .
he was nominated for a life peerage in august 2015 , despite favouring abolition of the house of lords .
when accused of hypocrisy , he stated : `` i want to get rid of it and the only way in the current system of getting rid of it , is having people there who will do just that .
it 's not hypocrisy at all . ''
