Christopher Fraser
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Christopher James Fraser (born October 25, 1962) British politician He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Norfolk South West.
Christopher Fraser was born in Hertfordshire and educated Harrow School and the Regent Street Polytechinc, 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.
He 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, although the Conservatives share of the vote did fall quite heavily but they still managed to achieve a small swing of 0.3 over Labour, but the Liberal Democrats picked up many votes lost by Labour rather than the Conservatives.
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 has been married to Lisa Margaret Norman since 1987 and they have a son and a daughter. He became a Freeman of the City of London in 1992.