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Christopher Fraser
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Christopher James Fraser (born October 25, 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West.
He was born in Hertfordshire and educated at the University of Westminster where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked as chairman of a communications company. He was elected as a councillor to the Three Rivers District Council for four years from 1992.
Fraser was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election for the new seat of Dorset Mid and Poole North in Hardy country with a majority of just 681. He made his maiden speech on July 4, 1997. [1] He lost his seat at the 2001 general election to the Liberal Democrat Annette Brooke. Although his percentage of the vote actually increased in 2001, Fraser was edged out by the Liberal Democrats by 384 votes, after a tactical voting campaign urging Dorset residents to cast their votes in the best way so as to defeat the incumbent Conservatives. The Labour Party's Jim Knight won Dorset South at the same election. He was re-elected to Westminster at the 2005 general election for Norfolk South West following the retirement of the former Secretary of State for Education Gillian Shephard. He held the seat with a comfortable majority of 10,086, and managed to achieve a small swing of 0.3 over Labour,
He served as a member of the culture, media and sport select committee from 1997 until he lost his seat. He was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Strathclyde, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords. Since his re-election in 2005 he has been a member of the Northern Ireland select committee.
Christopher Fraser is married and has a son and a daughter. He became a freeman of the City of London in 1992. Home is a farm near Chetnole in Dorset.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by constituency recreated |
Member of Parliament for Dorset Mid and Poole North 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Annette Brooke |
| Preceded by Gillian Shephard |
Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
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