17 Facts About Jonathan Fryer

Jonathan Fryer was the candidate for the Liberal Party, or its successor, the Liberal Democrats, for various seats in Greater London in five UK General Elections.

Jonathan Fryer was a candidate for the parties for a seat in the London area in every election for the European Parliament held in the UK, except for that held in 1989.

Jonathan Fryer has two natural sisters and one adopted one.

Jonathan Fryer spent the summer of 1967 in Tours, at the Institut de Touraine, perfecting his French.

Jonathan Fryer left school before the end of his final year and travelled overland to Vietnam, where he reported on the war for the Manchester Evening News and the Geographical Magazine.

Jonathan Fryer had won an Open Exhibition award to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he started to read Geography, before switching to Oriental Studies.

Jonathan Fryer returned to England in 1981, settling in London, largely to develop his political interests.

Jonathan Fryer travelled to 160 countries, reporting, researching or making radio documentaries.

From 1993, Jonathan Fryer taught Humanities part-time at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies, and later began teaching at City University.

Jonathan Fryer lectured frequently on cruise ships, notably around the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, as well as to groups and associations in the UK.

Jonathan Fryer was a Consultant with Public Affairs International.

Jonathan Fryer joined the Young Liberals after Jo Grimond came to his school during the 1964 general election.

Jonathan Fryer was successively Vice-Chairman of the North West Young Liberal Federation and Secretary of the Oxford University Liberal Club.

Jonathan Fryer served as a London borough councillor from 1986 to 1990, and fought five general elections: Chelsea 1983, Orpington 1987, Leyton 1992, his home constituency of Poplar and Limehouse in 2010, and Dagenham and Rainham in 2017.

Jonathan Fryer stood on the LibDem list for the London region in each election from 1999 to 2019, coming within 0.6 per cent of winning a seat in the 2004 elections.

Jonathan Fryer was the second candidate on the party's list for the 2004,2009 and 2014 elections.

Jonathan Fryer held a variety of positions within the Liberal Democrats and predecessor parties, including chairing policy panels on international development, a member of the LibDems' international relations committee, an elected member of the governing Council of the European Liberal Democrats and was on the party's Interim Peers' List.