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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.  
  
==Against legalisation of same-sex marriages==
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==Against legalisation of same-sex marriage==
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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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."<ref>Ned Simons, [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>
 
:"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."<ref>Ned Simons, [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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Fiona Bruce has been the UK Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Congleton Constituency since 2010.

Against legalisation of same-sex marriage

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."[1]

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.

Affiliations

Contact

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


Notes

  1. Ned Simons, Fiona Bruce, Tory MP, Supports Anti-Gay Marriage Petition 'As A Mother', Huffington Post, 12 February 2012