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Michael Foster (Hastings and Rye MP)

Michael Jabez Foster
Member of Parliament
for Hastings and Rye
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by Jacqui Lait
Succeeded by Amber Rudd
Personal details
Born (1946-02-26) 26 February 1946 (age 71)
Hastings, East Sussex
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Rosemary Kemp
Alma mater University of Leicester
Website www.michaelfosterlaw.co.uk

Michael Jabez Foster (born 26 February 1946) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye from 1997 until 2010. He was the Minister for Equalities, responsible for the progress of the Government's Equalities Bill through the House of Commons, a role he held since June 2009.

Michael Foster was born in Hastings, East Sussex and attended the local Hastings Secondary School for Boys and the Hastings Grammar School before attending the University of Leicester where he received a Master of Laws (LLM) degree. Between 1963 and 1972 he worked as a litigation clerk; he was admitted as a solicitor in 1980 and later worked as a partner of Fynmores Solicitors in Bexhill-on-Sea specialising in employment law until 1998.

He was elected as a councillor to the Hastings Borough Council in 1970, becoming the Labour group leader for a year in 1973, serving on the council until 1977, he was again elected to the Borough Council 1981-1985. He received a dual mandate in 1974 when he was also elected as a councillor to the East Sussex County Council, becoming the deputy Labour group leader 1984-1992, he stood down from the county council in 1997.


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