Jacqueline Foster
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For the Canadian lawn bowler, see Jacqueline Foster (bowls).
Jacqueline Foster, Baroness Foster of Oxton, DBE (née Renshaw) is a British Conservative politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region.
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The Baroness Foster of Oxton | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 29 January 2021 Life peerage | |
Deputy Leader of the Conservative MEPs in the European Parliament | |
In office 20 November 2013 – 1 July 2019 | |
Member of the European Parliament for North West England | |
In office 4 June 2009 – 1 July 2019[1][2] | |
Preceded by | David Sumberg |
Succeeded by | Chris Davies |
In office 10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Sajjad Karim |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacqueline Renshaw (1947-12-30) 30 December 1947 (age 76) Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Political party | Conservative |
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In October 2019 she was appointed Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In January 2021, she was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords as Baroness Foster of Oxton, of Oxton in the County of Merseyside.[3][4]