On This Day

13 February 1978

Happy birthday to Richard Foord MP for Honiton and Sidmouth

Born in Weston-Super-Mare, Foord served in the British Army seeing action in both the Balkans and Iraq and reaching the rank of major. On leaving the army he worked at the Universities of Exeter and Oxford. Foord stood for the Liberal Democrats in North Somerset in the 2017 general election. He was elected to parliament in June 2022 winning the Tiverton and Honiton by- election caused by the resignation of disgraced Tory MP Neil Parish. In parliament he has campaigned to legalise wild camping in the Dartmoor National Park. He was the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Defence 2022-24 and is currently a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.