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Michael Fabricant
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant (born 12 June 1950) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his defeat in 2024.
Fabricant was the vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for parliamentary campaigning, responsible for the Conservative Campaign Headquarters strategy on marginal seats at the 2015 general election, as well as UK parliamentary by-elections. In April 2014, he was dismissed from this position over comments he had made about his colleague Maria Miller's resignation. Fabricant also served as Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry and then for Trade and Economic Affairs from 2003 to 2005, and as Opposition Whip from 2005 to 2010.
Michael Louis David Fabricant was born on 12 June 1950 in Rottingdean, Brighton, into a Jewish family, to Helena (née Freed; 1911–2004) and Rabbi Isaac Fabricant (1906–1989), rabbi of the Brighton and Hove Synagogue.[citation needed]
Fabricant attended Brighton Secondary Technical School and Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School. He studied economics at Loughborough University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree. He went on to study at the University of Sussex, where he was awarded a master's degree in operations research in 1974, and undertook research at the University of Oxford, University of London, and the University of Southern California in economics and econometrics.
He was director and co-founder of an international broadcast manufacturing and management group for 11 years prior to his election to Parliament.
Fabricant was the Conservative candidate in South Shields at the 1987 general election, coming second with 25.7% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP David Clark. Fabricant was appointed the chairman of the Brighton Pavilion Conservative Association in 1990 and remained chairman until his election to the House of Commons.
Fabricant was elected to Parliament at the 1992 general election as MP for Mid Staffordshire with 49.7% of the vote and a majority of 6,236. He made his maiden speech on 2 July 1992.
In Parliament, Fabricant joined the European Legislation Select Committee in 1992, and served on it until the 1997 general election. He joined the National Heritage Select Committee in 1993 and was a member of that committee until his appointment as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury Michael Jack in 1996.
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Michael Fabricant
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant (born 12 June 1950) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his defeat in 2024.
Fabricant was the vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for parliamentary campaigning, responsible for the Conservative Campaign Headquarters strategy on marginal seats at the 2015 general election, as well as UK parliamentary by-elections. In April 2014, he was dismissed from this position over comments he had made about his colleague Maria Miller's resignation. Fabricant also served as Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry and then for Trade and Economic Affairs from 2003 to 2005, and as Opposition Whip from 2005 to 2010.
Michael Louis David Fabricant was born on 12 June 1950 in Rottingdean, Brighton, into a Jewish family, to Helena (née Freed; 1911–2004) and Rabbi Isaac Fabricant (1906–1989), rabbi of the Brighton and Hove Synagogue.[citation needed]
Fabricant attended Brighton Secondary Technical School and Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School. He studied economics at Loughborough University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree. He went on to study at the University of Sussex, where he was awarded a master's degree in operations research in 1974, and undertook research at the University of Oxford, University of London, and the University of Southern California in economics and econometrics.
He was director and co-founder of an international broadcast manufacturing and management group for 11 years prior to his election to Parliament.
Fabricant was the Conservative candidate in South Shields at the 1987 general election, coming second with 25.7% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP David Clark. Fabricant was appointed the chairman of the Brighton Pavilion Conservative Association in 1990 and remained chairman until his election to the House of Commons.
Fabricant was elected to Parliament at the 1992 general election as MP for Mid Staffordshire with 49.7% of the vote and a majority of 6,236. He made his maiden speech on 2 July 1992.
In Parliament, Fabricant joined the European Legislation Select Committee in 1992, and served on it until the 1997 general election. He joined the National Heritage Select Committee in 1993 and was a member of that committee until his appointment as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury Michael Jack in 1996.
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