Kevin Foster

Kevin John Foster (born 31 December 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Torbay since 2015. He served as Minister of State for Transport from September 2022 until October 2022. Foster served under Home Secretary Priti Patel as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safe and Legal Migration from 2019 until September 2022. Early life and career Kevin Foster was born in Plymouth, Devon on 31 December 1978 to Michael and Linda Foster. His early education was at the community school Hele's School. Foster studied law at the University of Warwick (LLB, 2000; LLM, 2001). After graduating from university, he worked in the West Midlands as a paralegal and secretary for a number of firms. Foster stood successfully as the Conservative candidate in the Cheylesmore ward of Coventry City Council in 2002. He was re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2011. He served as Leader of the opposition for two years in Coventry, before standing down in 2013 to contest the 2015 general election in Torbay. Parliamentary career Foster contested Coventry South in 2010 general election, coming second to incumbent Labour Party MP Jim Cunningham.