Introduction
Lucy Frazer QC (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 May 2015.
Early life
Frazer, was born and raised in Yorkshire the descendant of Jewish immigrants. Her grandfather was Dr. Hyman Frazer CBE, a mathematician, barrister and educationalist, Headmaster of the Gateway College in Leicester, and her father, Colin Peter Frazer, was a partner at collapsed Leeds legal firm Fox Hayes.
Education
Frazer was educated at Leeds Girls' High School, 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.
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, and went on to become a QC at the age of forty. Despite her parliamentary selection process attracting controversy, she has been tipped for ministerial position and named by Michael Gove as "one of the future stars of the Conservative Party."
Frazer apologised for any offence she caused with comments in her maiden speech, 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".
Frazer was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
Personal life
Frazer is married to David Leigh, and they have two children. They divide their time between London and their constituency home at Snailwell, Cambridgeshire.