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Fiona Bruce has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010.  
 
Fiona Bruce has been the UK [[Conservative Party]] Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010.  
  
==Activities==
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==Background==
 
Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm [[Fiona Bruce & Co]] LLP, based in Cheshire.
 
Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm [[Fiona Bruce & Co]] LLP, based in Cheshire.
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==Against legalisation of same-sex marriages==
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In March 2012 Bruce lent her name to a petition by the [['Coalition for Marriage]], a pressure group opposed to the UK government's consultation and plans to legalise same-sex marriages by 2015. She explained:
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:"Primarily I am supporting it as a mother, as well as an MP, because research shows over different cultures and different ages that children flourish when they are brought up in a secure family environment, and this traditionally has been marriage."
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<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/20/fiona-bruce-tory-mp-supports-anti-gay-marriage-petition-as-a-mother_n_1288668.html Fiona Bruce, Tory MP, Supports Anti-Gay Marriage Petition 'As A Mother'], Huffington Post, 12 February 2012 </ref>
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fellow Tories Edward Leigh, David Nuttall and Stewart Jackson. Labour MPs Jim Dobbin and Joe Benton have also signed up.
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 15:56, 17 March 2012

Fiona Bruce has been the UK Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010.

Background

Bruce is a winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for her Community Law Firm Fiona Bruce & Co LLP, based in Cheshire.

Against legalisation of same-sex marriages

In March 2012 Bruce lent her name to a petition by the 'Coalition for Marriage, a pressure group opposed to the UK government's consultation and plans to legalise same-sex marriages by 2015. She explained:

"Primarily I am supporting it as a mother, as well as an MP, because research shows over different cultures and different ages that children flourish when they are brought up in a secure family environment, and this traditionally has been marriage."

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fellow Tories Edward Leigh, David Nuttall and Stewart Jackson. Labour MPs Jim Dobbin and Joe Benton have also signed up.


Affiliations

Contact

Website: http://fionabruce.mp/about/


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