People from Keith, Moray - George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, Colin Hendry, James Gordon Bennett, Sr., Saint John Ogilvie, Hamish Watt (Paperback)

Chapters: George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, Colin Hendry, James Gordon Bennett, Sr., Saint John Ogilvie, Hamish Watt, Jimmy Cowie, John Ripley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, PC (born 21 January 1942, Oswestry, Shropshire) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been a member of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Scottish Parliament. He is currently a member of both the Lords and the Scottish Parliament. He is often described by the media as "ultra loyal" to the Labour Party Foulkes is a strong supporter of ID cards, regularly speaking in favour of UK Government proposals . He is also a supporter of Scottish devolution and was involved in the drafting of "A Claim of Right for Scotland" in 1988. Foulkes was chairman of Hearts football club from April 2004 until his resignation on 31 October 2005. Foulkes resigned in protest at the majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov deciding to dismiss the Hearts chief executive Phil Anderton. George Foulkes spent his early childhood in Keith, Banffshire. He later attended the independent, fee-paying 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. Foulkes was first elected in the 1979 general election, as Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire. After the constituency's abolition in boundary changes, he was elected in the 1983 general election for the new constituency of Carrick, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4216