Preceded by Harry Howarth Name Peter Fry Succeeded by Paul Stinchcombe Spouse(s) Helen, Lady Fry Party Conservative Party | Nationality British Died May 12, 2015 Full Name Peter Derek Fry Role British Politician Resigned May 1, 1997 | |
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Born 26 May 1931
High Wycombe, England, UK ( 1931-05-26 ) Political party Conservative (1953–present) Other political
affiliations Labour (until 1951)
Liberal (1951-53) Residence Wellingborough, England, UK Education Worcester College, Oxford, Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | ||
Sir Peter Derek Fry (26 May 1931 – 12 May 2015) was a British Conservative 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 was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.
Fry died on 12 May 2015, aged 83.