Christopher Fraser
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Christopher Fraser OBE |
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| Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gillian Shephard |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Truss |
| Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 14 May 2001 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | Annette Brooke |
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25 October 1962 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Norman |
| Alma mater | University of Westminster |
Christopher James Fraser, OBE (born 25 October 1962) is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole from the 1997 general election to 2001 and South West Norfolk from 2005 to 2010.
He was born in Hertfordshire and educated at the University of Westminster, graduating with a BA 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 Mid Dorset and North Poole with a majority of 681. He made his maiden speech on 4 July 1997. He lost his seat at the 2001 general election to the Liberal Democrat Annette Brooke. Although his percentage of the vote increased, 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 to defeat the incumbent Conservatives. He returned to Westminster at the 2005 general election for South West Norfolk 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.
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