Lucy Frazer

Lucy Frazer
QC MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice
Assumed office
9 January 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May
Lord Chancellor David Gauke
Preceded by Position established
Dominic Raab (Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice)
Member of Parliament
for South East Cambridgeshire
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Jim Paice
Majority 16,837 (28.3%)
Personal details
Born (1972-05-17) 17 May 1972
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) David Leigh
Alma mater Newnham College, Cambridge
Website Official website

Lucy Frazer QC MP (born 17 May 1972) is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire since the 2015 general election, and currently serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice.

Early life

Frazer was born on 17 May 1972 in Yorkshire.[1] She is a descendant of Jewish immigrants. Her grandfather was Dr Hyman Frazer CBE, a mathematician, barrister and educationalist,[2] Headmaster of the Gateway College in Leicester,[3][4] and her father, Colin Peter Frazer, was a partner at collapsed Leeds legal firm Fox Hayes.[5]

Education

Frazer was educated at Leeds Girls' High School,[6] an independent school in Headingley, a suburb of the City of Leeds, followed by Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was President of the Cambridge Union.[7]

Career

Frazer worked as a barrister in commercial law, including being a member of the legal team in the Fox Hayes v. Financial Services Authority court case in 2010,[8] and went on to become a QC at the age of 40.[7] She was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for South East Cambridgeshire in December 2014 over Heidi Allen. There was initially a controversy about a possible miscount of votes on her selection.[9] Frazer was reaffirmed as the candidate in January 2015[10] and Allen was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for the neighbouring South Cambridgeshire in October 2014. Frazer went on to be elected in the 2015 general election with 28,845 votes (48.5%), a majority of 16,837.[11] Frazer was elected to sit on the Education Select Committee in the same year.[12]

Frazer apologised for any offence she caused with comments in her maiden speech,[13] in which she jokingly described Oliver Cromwell's sale of Scots into colonial slavery as "an answer to the West Lothian question – but not one, of course, that I would recommend".[4][14]

Frazer supported remaining within the European Union prior to the 2016 referendum.[15] In July 2016, she became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Paymaster General and Minister to the Cabinet Officer Ben Gummer.[12]

Personal life

Frazer has two children and is married to David Leigh, CEO of global education company Study Group.[16][17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography for Lucy Frazer". MyParliament. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Staff writer (February 1965). "Home news: New Year Honours" (PDF). AJR Information. Association of Jewish Refugees in Britain. XX (2): 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Gillard, Derek. "Crowther Report 1959 Volume I - full text". educationengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Daily Hansard - Debate". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. 4 June 2015. col. 826–827. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fox Hayes partners face £1m fine". Law Society Gazette. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "> South Square > London, England > Lawyer profiles > Lucy Frazer QC". The Legal 500. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 Jamieson, Sophie (29 April 2015). "Election 2015: Meet the future female front bench stars of the 2015 Parliament". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Fox Hayes v Financial Services Authority | LexisWeb". lexisweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Graham, Georgia (7 January 2014). "Voting miscount could mean wrong woman announced as Conservative parliamentary candiate [sic]". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Merrick, Jane (12 January 2014). "The battle of the Tory women: Farcical scenes after 'invalid' vote to select candidate for safe seat". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Election 2015: Cambridgeshire South East parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  12. 1 2 "About Lucy Frazer". Lucy Frazer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ↑ ElyWeeklyNews (9 June 2015). "Calls for MP Lucy Frazer to resign following “joke” about Scots being sold into slavery". Ely News. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Tory apologises over 'joke' about turning Scots into 'slaves'". Herald Scotland. 7 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  16. ↑ Day, Jordan (8 May 2015). "General election: South East Cambs MP Lucy Frazer says she feels 'honoured and extremely excited'". Ely News. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "David Leigh | The Board | About Study Group". Corporate.studygroup.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "About Lucy Frazer | Lucy Frazer". lucyfrazer.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Jim Paice		 Member of Parliament
for South East Cambridgeshire
2015–present		 Incumbent
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