| term_end6 = 10 September 2021{{efn|In accordance with the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021, Frazer temporarily served as Solicitor General whilst Michael Ellis was elevated to Attorney General during Suella Braverman's maternity leave.}}

| primeminister6 = Boris Johnson

| predecessor6 = Michael Ellis

| successor6 = Michael Ellis

| term_start7 = 9 May 2019

| term_end7 = 25 July 2019

| primeminister7 = Theresa May

| predecessor7 = Robert Buckland

| successor7 = Michael Ellis

| office8 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

| term_start8 = 9 January 2018

| term_end8 = 9 May 2019

| primeminister8 = Theresa May

| predecessor8 = Dominic Raab

| successor8 = Paul Maynard

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| office9 = Member of Parliament
for South East Cambridgeshire

| term_start9 = 7 May 2015

| term_end9 = 30 May 2024

| predecessor9 = Jim Paice

| successor9 = Constituency abolished

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|5|17}}

| birth_place = Yorkshire, England

| party = Conservative

| occupation = {{flatlist|

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| alma_mater = Newnham College, Cambridge

| website = {{url|lucyfrazer.org.uk}}

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Lucy Claire Frazer {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC}} (born 17 May 1972) is a British politician and barrister who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from February 2023 to July 2024.{{Cite web |title=Minister of State (Housing and Planning) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-in-the-department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}} A member of the Conservative Party, she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire from 2015 to 2024.

Frazer previously served as Solicitor General for England and Wales, Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, Minister of State for Transport and Minister of State for Housing and Planning. Prior to being elected to Parliament, she practised as a barrister, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 2013.

Early life and education

Born on 17 May 1972 in Yorkshire,{{cite web |url=http://myparliament.info/Member/4517 |title=Biography for Lucy Frazer |work=MyParliament |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809035917/http://myparliament.info/Member/4517 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |df=dmy-all |url-status=usurped}} Frazer is descended from Jewish immigrants. Her grandfather Dr Hyman Frazer was headmaster of Gateway Grammar School in Leicester.{{cite journal |last=Staff writer |title=Home news: New Year Honours |journal=AJR Information |volume=XX |issue=2 |page=5 |publisher=Association of Jewish Refugees in Britain |date=February 1965 |url=http://www.ajr.org.uk/journalpdf/1965_february.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021159/http://www.ajr.org.uk/journalpdf/1965_february.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |df=dmy-all |access-date=11 June 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/crowther/crowther1959-1.html |last=Gillard |first=Derek |website=educationengland.org.uk |title=Crowther Report (1959) Volume I |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116123438/http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/crowther/crowther1959-1.html |archive-date=16 November 2016 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |house=House of Commons |title=Daily Hansard - Debate |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150604/debtext/150604-0003.htm#15060445002576 |date=4 June 2015 |column_start=826 |column_end=827 |accessdate=10 September 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822211406/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150604/debtext/150604-0003.htm#15060445002576 |archivedate=22 August 2016 |df=dmy-all}}

Frazer was privately educated at Gateways School for Girls{{Cite web|url=https://www.gatewaysschool.co.uk/about-gateways/|title=About Gateways - Gateways School|date=2 August 2016}} and Leeds Girls' High School,{{cite web |url=http://www.legal500.com/firms/9614-south-square/offices/9614-london/lawyers/43756 |title=Lucy Frazer QC |work=The Legal 500 |access-date=13 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104912/http://www.legal500.com/firms/9614-south-square/offices/9614-london/lawyers/43756 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }} before studying Law at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was elected President of the Cambridge Union.{{cite news |title=Election 2015: Meet the future female front bench stars of the 2015 Parliament |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11568431/Parliaments-future-female-front-bench-stars.html |work=The Telegraph |date=29 April 2015 |access-date=22 April 2017 |last=Jamieson |first=Sophie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518123334/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11568431/Parliaments-future-female-front-bench-stars.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 |df=dmy-all |url-access=subscription}}

Career

After graduating, Frazer interned at the Israeli Ministry of Justice.{{Cite web |title=Britain's Jewish fighters for justice, against antisemitism |url=https://www.jpost.com/50-most-influential-jews/jewish-fighters-678114 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |date=12 September 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Rishi reshuffle: The Jewish movers and shakers in Sunak's new government |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/rishi-reshuffle-the-jewish-movers-and-shakers-in-sunak%27s-new-government-44gKgDb3wf5iU7mFlE8r98 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.thejc.com|date=28 October 2022 }} Before entering politics, Frazer worked as a barrister in commercial law in London, practising in South Square Chambers, Gray's Inn;{{cite web|url=https://globalrestructuringreview.com/article/former-south-square-barrister-named-english-solicitor-general |title=Former South Square barrister named English solicitor general |publisher=Global Restructuring Review |author=Dominic Lawson |accessdate=6 March 2023 |date=10 May 2019}} she was appointed Queen's Counsel at the age of 40.

Frazer was selected as the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary candidate for South East Cambridgeshire in December 2013, despite claims that she had been beaten in an open primary by Heidi Allen, who was later elected as MP for South Cambridgeshire.{{cite news |title=The battle of the Tory women: Farcical scenes after 'invalid' vote to select candidate for safe seat|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-battle-of-the-tory-women-farcical-scenes-after-invalid-vote-to-select-candidate-for-safe-seat-9053694.html |work=The Independent |date=12 January 2014 |last=Merrick |first=Jane |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809044807/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-battle-of-the-tory-women-farcical-scenes-after-invalid-vote-to-select-candidate-for-safe-seat-9053694.html |archive-date=9 August 2017 |df=dmy-all}} Frazer succeeded in being elected at the 2015 general election with 28,845 votes (48.5%), a majority of 16,837.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000937 |title=Election 2015: Cambridgeshire South East parliamentary constituency |work=BBC News |access-date=13 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508044113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000937 |archive-date=8 May 2015 |df=dmy-all}} After entering the House of Commons, she was then elected to the Education Select Committee later that year.

Frazer supported the UK remaining within the European Union prior to the 2016 referendum.{{cite news |last1=Goodenough |first1=Tom |title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence? |url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/ |access-date=11 October 2016 |work=The Spectator |date=16 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203120144/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/ |archive-date=3 February 2017 |df=dmy-all |url-access=subscription}} In July 2016, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Ben Gummer.{{cite web |url=https://www.lucyfrazer.org.uk/about-lucy-frazer |title=About Lucy Frazer |work=Lucy Frazer MP |access-date=22 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609125628/https://www.lucyfrazer.org.uk/about-lucy-frazer |archive-date=9 June 2017 |df=dmy-all}}

At the snap 2017 general election, Frazer was re-elected, increasing her share of the vote to 53.3% and decreasing her majority to 16,158.{{cite web |last=Hill |first=John |date=11 May 2017 |title=PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THURSDAY, 8 JUNE 2017, SOUTH EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTITUENCY. STATEMENT AS TO PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL |url=https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Parliament%20-%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519221001/https://www.eastcambs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Parliament%20-%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2017 |access-date=13 May 2017 |website=East Cambridgeshire District Council}}{{cite web |date=12 May 2017 |title=Candidates standing in the General Election in Cambridgeshire |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-05-12/candidates-standing-in-the-general-election-in-cambridgeshire/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005204002/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-05-12/candidates-standing-in-the-general-election-in-cambridgeshire/ |archive-date=2019-10-05 |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=ITV News}}

Frazer put forward a Private Member's Bill to Parliament for making upskirting an offence in England and Wales; this attained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019.

Frazer was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in January 2018, before being promoted Solicitor General for England and Wales in May 2019.

On 25 July 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Frazer as Minister of State for Prisons. She was then temporarily reappointed as Solicitor General when Suella Braverman took maternity leave in March 2021, being sworn of the Privy Council.{{cite press release |title=Ministerial appointments: 2 March 2021 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-2-march-2021 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=GOV.UK}} Frazer returned to her role as Minister of State for Prisons upon Braverman's return on 10 September 2021.{{cite web |title=The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lucy-frazer |work=GOV.UK |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910212123/https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lucy-frazer |archive-date=10 September 2021 |quote=The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP was re-appointed as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice on 10 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}

At the 2019 general election, Frazer was again re-elected, decreasing her share of the vote to 50% and decreasing her majority to 11,490.{{cite news |title=Cambridgeshire South East Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000937 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508044113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000937 |archive-date=8 May 2015 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=BBC News}}

On 16 September 2021, Frazer was promoted Financial Secretary to the Treasury.{{cite web |title=Parliamentary career for Lucy Frazer |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4517/career |work=UK Parliament |access-date=19 January 2022}}

In November 2021, the Liberal Democrat MP, Sarah Olney, claimed that Frazer had a conflict of interest because of a contract held by her husband's company to supply temporary staff to government departments and that six of these workers had been employed using a "controversial tax-avoidance scheme".{{cite news |last1=Ungoed-Thomas |first1=Jon |title=Treasury minister Lucy Frazer accused of conflict of interest over husband's firm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/21/treasury-minister-lucy-frazer-accused-of-conflict-of-interest-over-husbands-firm |work=The Guardian |date=21 November 2021 |access-date=30 October 2022}}

File:UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer chairs a summit of 36 nations to discuss Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation in the Paris Olympics 2024 with an address from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 10 February 2022 - 2.jpg, 10 February 2022. This is despite the fact she was not DCMS Secretary at the time.]]

In June 2022, Frazer declared her support for Johnson in the 2022 vote of confidence in his Conservative Party leadership.{{cite news |last1=Brackley |first1=Paul |title=Boris Johnson faces confidence vote - but will Cambridgeshire's Conservative MPs continue to back the Prime Minister? |url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-faces-confidence-vote-but-will-cambridgeshir-9257759/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=Cambridge Independent |date=6 June 2022}}

Frazer served as Minister of State for Transport from September to October 2022.{{Cite web |title=The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer QC MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lucy-frazer |access-date=9 September 2022 |work=GOV.UK}}{{cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September - October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=GOV.UK|date=10 October 2022 }}

On 26 October 2022, following the election of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, Frazer was appointed Minister of State for Housing and Planning.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=26 October 2022 |work=GOV.UK}} In the February 2023 Cabinet reshuffle, Frazer joined HM Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Bron |date=2023-02-07 |title=Lucy Frazer replaces Michelle Donelan as Culture Secretary |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/lucy-frazer-new-culture-secretary/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}

Following the 2023 local elections, Frazer appeared on the BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme saying her party needs to "reflect" upon the poor results.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-07 |title=Local elections 2023: We need to reflect and do more, says Lucy Frazer after Tory losses |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65516974 |access-date=2023-05-08}}

Her South East Cambridgeshire constituency was abolished at the 2024 general election, when she stood as a candidate for the new Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency, which covers much of the same area. She lost her seat to the Liberal Democrat Charlotte Cane by a slim margin of 495 votes (0.9%).{{cite news |title=Ely and East Cambridgeshire General Election 2024 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001224 |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/24433868.people-think-lucy-frazer-losing-seat-mp/|title=Reaction is mixed as Lucy Frazer loses her seat|last=Hepburn|first=Louise|date=6 July 2024|website=Ely Standard}}