Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Derek Foster (born June 25, 1937) is the British member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, in Sedgefield. He is a member of the Labour Party. He was Chief Whip of the opposition between 1985 and 1995 and so is a member of the Privy Council. He is now a backbencher. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.