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Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie

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The Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
26 January 2021
Life peerage
Personal details
Born (1968-09-04) 4 September 1968 (age 56)
Political partyConservative

Stephanie Mary Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (born 4 September 1968),[1] is a British charity executive and life peer. She is the chief executive of Cerebral Palsy Scotland.[2]

Early life and education

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Fraser was born on 4 September 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was educated at Arts Educational School, Tring Park (now Tring Park School), a private school in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, and at Stowe School, a public school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. She studied history at the Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1990.[3]

Political career

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Fraser was the Conservative candidate in Strathkelvin and Bearsden in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.[4]

In December 2020, it was announced that she would be receiving a life peerage.[5][6][7][8] She entered the House of Lords as a Conservative peer on 26 January 2021.[9] On 13 May 2021, she made her maiden speech during the Queen's Speech debate.[10]

Committee membership

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References

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  1. ^ "Stephanie Fraser". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage". BBC News. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Fraser of Craigmaddie, Baroness, (Stephanie Mary Fraser) (born 4 Sept. 1968)". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Political Peerages 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "PM rejects official advice in awarding peerage to Peter Cruddas". The Guardian. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. ^ "House of Lords: 16 peers appointed including Tory grandee Peter Cruddas and previously snubbed John Sentamu". i. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Stephanie Fraser, CEO granted peerage". Cerebral Palsy Scotland. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie: Parliamentary career". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. ^ Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (13 May 2021). "Queen's Speech". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 812. United Kingdom: Lords. col. 204–206.
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