The Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 26 January 2021 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1968 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Awards |  Life peer |
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]
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]
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]
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