Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie

Not to be confused with Steph Fraser.

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

• International Relations and Defence Committee

References

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.

External links

• Page at the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Stephanie Fraser, Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie on Twitter