Bath MP Don Foster to stand down in 2015 after 23 years
Don Foster MP (Lib Dem, Bath) has announced he will stand down in time for the 2015 general election. Mr Foster, 66, has held the Bath seat since beating Chris Patten in 1992.
Archive 1992 report on Don Foster's election victory
This is an archive report from 1992 on the night of Don Foster's election victory, by our Political Correspondent Bob Constantine. Mr Foster had just beaten the then Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten. He has held the Bath seat comfortably ever since.
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