Peter Fry

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

For the English amateur photographer, see Peter Wickens Fry. For the British historian and author, see Plantagenet Somerset Fry.

Sir Peter Fry
Member of Parliament
for Wellingborough
In office
4 December 1969 – 8 April 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 (1953–2015)
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

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.

During his time as an MP, Fry was a Eurosceptic, who repeatedly voted against the government in 1992-1993 over its attempts to enshrine the Maastricht Treaty into UK law.[3]

Fry was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.[4][5]

Fry died on 12 May 2015, aged 83.[6]

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. "Tory Maastricht rebels 'could muster 45 MPS'". www.independent.co.uk. 11 March 1993. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. "Oral history: FRY, Peter (1931-2015)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. "Sir Peter Fry interviewed by Jessica Wilkins". British Library Sound Archive. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. Notice of death: Sir Peter Derek FRY, announcements.telegraph.co.uk; accessed 15 May 2015.

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