Fiona Bruce (politician)
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Fiona Bruce MP |
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Member of Parliament for Congleton |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ann, Lady Winterton |
| Majority | 16,773 (32.9%) |
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Fiona Claire Bruce 26 March 1957 Wick, Highland, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Bruce |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Religion | Evangelical Christian |
| Website |
Official website parliament..fiona-bruce |
Fiona Claire Bruce (born 26 March 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Congleton, elected at the 2010 general election, and then again in 2015.
Born Fiona Claire Riley at Wick in the Scottish Highlands, she was educated at Burnley High School for Girls and Howell's School Llandaff, before reading Law at the University of Manchester and further studies at Chester Law College.
She was admitted as a solicitor in 1981, and has been senior partner of the firm, Fiona Bruce & Co, since its formation in 1988.
Bruce was elected in 2004 to Warrington Borough Council, on which she served as Executive Member for Finance from 2006-2009. She stepped down from the Council upon her election to Parliament in 2010.
She had unsuccessfully contested Warrington South at the 2005 general election, finishing second to the sitting Labour MP, Helen Southworth.
She was awarded the title Small Businesswoman of the Year in 2003 and gained a place on the Conservative A-List in 2006.
Following her selection as the Conservative Party candidate for the constituency, she denied that she had been chosen as a result of an orchestrated campaign by religious groups sympathetic to her evangelical Christian beliefs. Bruce is an Evangelical Alliance council member and describes "defending and fighting for the sanctity of human life" as her priority in Parliament.
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