Background
He was born in Hertfordshire and educated at the University of Westminster where he was awarded a Bachelor degree.
He was born in Hertfordshire and educated at the University of Westminster where he was awarded a Bachelor degree.
University of Westminster.
He worked as chairman of a communications company. He was elected as a councillor to the Three Rivers District Council for four years from 1992. Fraser was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election for the new seat of Mid Dorset and North Poole with a majority of 681.
He made his maiden speech on 4 July 1997.
He lost his seat at the 2001 general election to the Liberal Democrat Annette Brooke. He returned to Westminster at the 2005 general election for South West Norfolk following the retirement of the former Secretary of State for Education Gillian Shephard.
He was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Strathclyde, the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords. He was Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Northern Ireland Group.
In 2009 his expenses claims were highlighted in the Daily Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, Fraser claimed £1,800 in public money for buying 215 trees and marking out the boundary of his second home in the constituency. The Lynn News reported "In February 2007 Mr Fraser claimed £1,808.28 for new fencing and hedging to provide security for his new constituency home."
On 28 May 2009 he announced that he would be standing down as an Member of Parliament at the next General Election citing family reasons. The Telegraph 2010 election website stated that he "stood down on account of his wife"s health problems".
Fraser was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 New Year Honours for public and political service.
Fens flooding in February 2007.
Although his percentage of the vote increased, Fraser was edged out by the Liberal Democrats by 384 votes, after a tactical voting campaign urging Dorset residents to cast their votes in the best way to defeat the incumbent Conservatives.
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He served as a member of the culture, media and sport select committee from 1997 until he lost his seat. Following his re-election in 2005 he was a member of the Northern Ireland select committee and was appointed to the Northern Ireland Grand Committee.
He was a member of the United Kingdom delegation to the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union (2005–2007).