Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start:26 January 2021
Life peerage
Birth Date:4 September 1968
Party:Conservative

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

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stephanie Fraser . api.parliament.uk . 2 July 2022.
  2. News: 22 December 2020. Peter Cruddas: PM overrules watchdog with Tory donor peerage. en-GB. BBC News. 1 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Fraser of Craigmaddie, Baroness, (Stephanie Mary Fraser) (born 4 Sept. 1968) . . Oxford University Press . 4 September 2022 . en . 1 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election . 2022-05-11 . www.electoralcommission.org.uk . 7 August 2019 . en.
  5. Web site: Political Peerages 2020. 1 January 2021. GOV.UK. en.
  6. Web site: 22 December 2020. PM rejects official advice in awarding peerage to Peter Cruddas. 19 January 2021. The Guardian. en.
  7. Web site: 22 December 2020. House of Lords: 16 peers appointed including Tory grandee Peter Cruddas and previously snubbed John Sentamu. 19 January 2021. i. en.
  8. Web site: 23 December 2020. Stephanie Fraser, CEO granted peerage. 25 January 2021. Cerebral Palsy Scotland. en-GB.
  9. Web site: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie: Parliamentary career . MPs and Lords . UK Parliament . 4 September 2022.
  10. United Kingdom . Queen’s Speech . 812 . Lords . 13 May 2021 . 204 . 206 . Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie .

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