# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-foulkes-baron-foulkes-of-cumnock
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:41:20.680Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-foulkes-baron-foulkes-of-cumnock"
name: "George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock"
slug: "george-foulkes-baron-foulkes-of-cumnock"
description: "George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of Scottish Labour and the Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, formerly South Ayrshire, from 1979 to 2005. He was later a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), as one of the additional members for the Lothians region, from 2007 to 2011."
tagline: "British politician (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Foulkes_of_Cumnock_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           4.999044
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  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "GeorgeFoulkes"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeFoulkes"
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    title: "Джордж Фулкс"
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    title: "George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock"
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    title: "جورج فولکس، بارون فولکس از کامناک"
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    title: "George Foulkes (baron Foulkes de Cumnock)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump