(1978-02-13) 13 February 1978 (age 46)[1] Weston-super-Mare, Avon, England
Political party
Liberal Democrats
Children
3
Alma mater
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Holloway, University of London
Cranfield University
Open University
Signature
Website
www.richardfoord.org.uk
Military service
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
2001–2010
Rank
Major
Unit
Adjutant General's Corps
Battles/wars
Iraq War
Richard John Foord[2] (/fɔːrd/; born 13 February 1978)[1][3] is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon since 2022. He won the seat in a by-election held on 23 June 2022, following the resignation due to scandal of the previous Conservative MP Neil Parish.
^ ab"Richard Foord MP". Twitter.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^"STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL". Mid Devon District Council. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^Diver, Tony (20 May 2022). "Lib Dems 'planting our tanks on the Tories' lawn' by selecting ex-Army Major for 'blue wall' seat". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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Britain. Retrieved 30 April 2024. "Richard is reselected as the Conservative candidate for the North Bedfordshire". Richard Fuller. 27 March 2023. Retrieved...
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at his first attempt, in the 1997 general election, where he defeated Richard Tracey, the sitting Conservative MP for the former constituency of Surbiton...
using the name of RichardFoord, Jupp's Lib Dem opponent. Internet users typing in RichardFoord.uk, RichardFoord.co.uk or RichardFoord.com, or accidentally...
to assist her in losing weight. In 2013, Moran and her then boyfriend Richard Davis were briefly questioned by police, after she slapped him during an...
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Somerset County Cricket Club in seven matches between 1950 and 1956. Major RichardFoord, Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Honiton, lived in Yatton for nineteen...
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this General Election included future cabinet ministers Claire Coutinho, Richard Holden and Laura Trott. The Conservative Party gained a majority of seats...
Tripartite System. Alumni include Richard Ottaway, politician and the author Joel McIver. The Liberal Democrat MP RichardFoord was also educated in Backwell...
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from 1955 to 1971, he is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. RichardFoord elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton in...