Christopher Fraser

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Christopher James Fraser is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Parliamentary career 3 Personal life 4 External links 4.1 News items

[edit] Early life

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.

[edit] Parliamentary career

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. He is Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Northern Ireland Group. He was a member of the UK delegation to the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Alliance (2005-2007).

[edit] Personal life

Christopher Fraser is married.He became a Freeman of the City of London in 1992. He receives income from land and property in London and Dorset and has a home in the constituency.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
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

[edit] External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Christopher Fraser MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Christopher Fraser MP
• South West Norfolk Conservatives
• BBC Politics page

[edit] News items

• Fens flooding in February 2007