Peter Fry
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. 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. Fry was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project. Fry died on 12 May 2015, aged 83. References Sources Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997 External links Peter Fry interview at History of Parliament Online 1931 births 2015 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Knights Bachelor People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Councillors in Buckinghamshire Place of death missing British Eurosceptics