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Sir
Peter Fry
Member of Parliament
for Wellingborough
In office
4 December 1969 – 1 May 1997
Preceded byHarry Howarth
Succeeded byPaul Stinchcombe
Personal details
Born
Peter Derek Fry

(1931-05-26)26 May 1931
High Wycombe, England, UK
Died12 May 2015(2015-05-12) (aged 83)
Political partyConservative (1953–present)
Other political
affiliations
Labour (until 1951)[1]
Liberal (1951-53)[2]
Spouse(s)Helen, Lady Fry
Residence(s)Wellingborough, England, UK
Alma materRoyal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Worcester College, Oxford
OccupationMember of Parliament

Sir Peter Derek Fry (26 May 1931 – 12 May 2015) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Born in High Wycombe, Fry was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, and Worcester College, Oxford. He became an insurance broker and a director of the family retail clothing business. He served as a councillor on Buckinghamshire County Council from 1961.

Fry contested Nottingham North in 1964 and Willesden East in 1966. He was elected a Member of Parliament at the 1969 Wellingborough by-election. He represented the seat until 1997, when he lost to Labour's Paul Stinchcombe by a margin of 187 votes. He subsequently became the Chairman of the Bingo Association, Chairman of the Federation of European Bingo Associations, and a trustee of the Responsibility in Gambling Trust. Fry died on 12 May 2015, aged 83.[3]

References

  1. ^ Peter Fry MP on race, discrimination and Wellingborough / interviewed by Paul Crofts.
  2. ^ Peter Fry MP on race, discrimination and Wellingborough / interviewed by Paul Crofts.
  3. ^ Notice of death: Sir Peter Derek FRY, announcements.telegraph.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.

Sources

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wellingborough
19691997
Succeeded by