George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock
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The Right Honourable The Lord Foulkes of Cumnock PC |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians | |
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In office 3 May 2007 – 22 March 2011 |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 13 May 2005 |
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| Member of Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley South Ayrshire (1979–1983) |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Sillars |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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21 January 1942 Oswestry, Shropshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Keen supporter of Heart of Midlothian Football Club | |
George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock PC (born 21 January 1942 in Oswestry, Shropshire) is a British Labour Co-operative life peer. He has been a member of the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and as a life peer is now a member of the House of Lords. Until May 2011 he was a member of both the Lords and the Scottish Parliament but he did not seek reelection to the Scottish Parliament in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. He is often described by the media as an "ultra loyalist" to the Labour Party. In 1993, he was forced to resign as Shadow Defence Minister after being convicted of being drunk and disorderly during an incident in which he struck a police officer.
George Foulkes spent his early childhood in Keith, Banffshire. He later attended the independent, fee-paying The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hertfordshire. His political career began in 1963, when he became Senior President of the Students' Representative Council at the University of Edinburgh. He later became the full-time President of the Scottish Union of Students (which was later incorporated into the UK National Union of Students). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
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