Andrew Fraser

Who is Andrew Fraser?

Andrew Fraser is a fictional character in the political novel First Among Equals, by Jeffrey Archer. He is a British politician of the Labour Party, representing the Edinburgh Carlton constituency, and later the Social Democratic Party.

Fraser was the son of a Scottish Conservative politician, but turned to moderate Labour politics as a young man. He married his wife Louise after falling in love at first sight. Louise suffered a miscarriage and the death of their two-day-old daughter during their marriage. They had one healthy child, Robert, who was run down by a car and killed; Louise lost the power of speech for a time as a result. They later adopted their daughter Clarissa.

Fraser's career in the Labour Party was cut short when he found his party to be swinging towards much more leftist stance that neither Andrew nor many of his fellow party-members shared, which was aggravated by his local party committee deselecting him from his Edinburgh constituency, replacing him with the far-left activist Frank Boyle. At the ensuing general election, Fraser stood as the SDP candidate, and tied with Boyle for votes.