Michael Fabricant Age, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Michael Louis David Fabricant
Other Name	Mike Fabricant
Profession(s)	• Politician • Businessman
Physical Stats
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Blonde
Politics
Political Party	Conservative
Political Journey	• 1987: Contested the UK General Election from South Shields constituency as Conservative candidate and lost to Labour MP David Clark • 1990-1992: Served as the chairman of the Brighton Pavilion Conservative Association • 1992-1997: Won the UK General Election from Mid Staffordshire with 49.7% vote share (6,236 vote majority) • 1996: Appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Jack, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury • 1997-2002: Won the UK General Election from Lichfield with 42.9% vote share (238 vote majority) • 2001-2005: Re-elected as Lichfield MP with 49.1% vote share (4,426 vote majority) • 2003: Became a trade and industry spokesman under Michael Howard • 2003: Appointed as the spokesman on economic affairs • 2005-2009: Served as Lichfield MP with 48.6% vote share (7,080 vote majority) • 2005: Became the opposition whip • 2010-2015: Re-elected as Lichfield MP with 54.4% vote share (17,683 vote majority) • April 2014: Removed from the vice-chairman of the Conservative Party • 2015-2017: Served as Lichfield MP with 55.2% vote share (18,189 vote majority) • 2017-2019: Served as Lichfield MP with 55.2% vote share (18,581 vote majority) • 2019-2024: Re-elected as Lichfield MP with 63.6% vote share (23,638 vote majority) • 2024: Lost the UK General Election from Lichfield
Committees joined	As a member • 1992-1997: European Legislation Select Committee • 1993-1996: National Heritage Select Committee • 1997-1999, 2001: Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee • 1999: Home Affairs Select Committee • Administration Committee • Committee of Selection • Liaison Committee (Commons) As a chairman • Information Committee
Honours	Appointed as a Knight Bachelor on 9 June 2023
Personal Life
Date of Birth	12 June 1950 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	74 Years
Birthplace	Brighton, Sussex, England
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	British
Hometown	Sussex
School	• Brighton Secondary Technical School • Hove and Sussex Grammar School, Brighton
College/University	• Loughborough University • University of Sussex (1974)
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Science • Master's in operations research (1974)
Religious Views	His parents raised him according to the Jewish traditions, but he became an agnostic, a person who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of God. [1]UK Parliament
Sexual Orientation	Bisexual [2]Express & Star
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	• Playing Ukelele • Travelling
Controversies	Threatening to punch female journalist In June 2014, leftwing journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown had an argument with the rightwing commentator Rod Liddle on a television news program. Michael Fabricant watched the show and got angry. He tweeted, "I could never appear on a discussion prog with @y_alibhai I would either end up with a brain haemorrhage or by punching her in the throat." Other politicians, including from his own party started criticizing him. Gloria De Piero, shadow minister for women and equalities, slammed the Tory MP and asked for apology. He later apologized for his tweet and wrote, "So just for the avoidance of any doubt: I am v sorry for tweet," he said. "It was wrong to joke abt punching + I completely withdraw and apologize." However, Alibhai-Brown did not accept his apology. During an interview with LBC radio, she claimed that the MP was trying to instigate the people who advocated violence against her. She dismissed his apology as a way of getting out of a heated situation and said, "Is this his apology? Well, he can stuff it. I don't want to talk to him at all." Fabricant later issued a series of tweets and apologized again by personally tagging the journalist. His supporters also tweeted out his photos holding a placard that read, "Real men don't hit women." [3]The Guardian Trolling Mayor of London on X On 13 July 2018, he tweeted a cartoon of a balloon with the face of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, having intercourse with a pig. He later deleted the post and apologized for the same, claiming he tweeted it accidentally. Khan gave permission to the reporters to protest against Donald Trump by flying a big balloon (blimp) over London. Many Muslim men criticized Fabricant for his tweet. He told a reporter that protestors were doing hypocrisy by protesting against the American President while not saying a word against Xi Jinping, President of China. [4]Channel 4 Apartheid Era Flag in Parliamentary Office In July 2018, he was clicked with a orange, white and blue tricolor design flag in his parliamentary office. The flag was South African national flag between 1928 and 1994 and has the Union Jack and the emblems of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Many MPs, including Dawn Butler MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, and Labour MP Wes Streeting criticized the Lichfield MP for supporting the racist practices. He later issued a clarification, saying that he was neither a communist nor an apartheid supporter. He revealed that it was a flag of old times when he supplied radio equipment to the South African State Broadcaster. He said, "I did a radio contract years ago with the SABC. They are places I went on work visits in the 1980s. I am neither a Communist nor a supporter of apartheid." [5]Business Insider Condemned for joking about 'rape' accused In May 2022, Metropolitan Police arrested a Tory MP (from Conservative Party) on accusation of rape. Michael Fabricant Chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris told the accused to stay away from parliament but did not suspend the party whip. Fabricant made a joke and tweeted, "I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at PMQs today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for Boris! BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I’ll be there!” It angered the many opposition MPs who demanded him to remove the tweet. Labour MP Chris Bryant criticized him and told him to remove the tweet. Welsh Secretary Simon Hart criticized his tweeted and called it, "idiotic” and “insensitive." The Conservative Whips Office spoke to him after which he deleted the tweet. He also denied making the comment intentionally. [6]The Independent
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Isaac Fabricant (Rabbi, 1906–1989) Mother- Helena Freed (1911-2004)
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	£100,000 (from Celebrity Big Brother 2025)
Assets/Properties	• Victorian-style home in Lichfield valued at £700,000 • A flat in London worth £500,000
Net Worth (approx.)	£2.5 million ($3.1 million USD; as of 2025)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Michael Fabricant

• Michael Fabricant was born to a Jewish family. His father was a rabbi of the Brighton and Hove Synagogue.

• After completing his postgraduate studies, he started doing research in economics and econometrics at the University of Oxford, University of London, and the University of Southern California.

• He later started working as a businessman and was the director and co-founder of an international broadcast manufacturing and management group for 11 years before becoming an MP in 1992.

• On 2 July 1992, he made his first speech in the House of Commons.

• He was later selected as MP from Lichfield in many terms and also served in many important positions in the UK government.
  

  Michael Fabricant during his 30s

• He has served as political advisor to the 1995 BBC drama series The Final Cut and even made a cameo appearance. He also appeared in the BBC show House of Cards.
  

  Michael Fabricant (lower, left) during an episode of House of Cards

• In 2008, he founded the Conservative Friends of America, an organisation that supports the Conservative Party.

• In November 2012, he published a pamphlet named The Pact, which advocated for a coalition between UKIP (UK Independence Party) and the Conservative Party for an in/out EU referendum.

• During a Daily Mail interview in 2014, he demanded to remove the rule that stopped gay people from donating blood until they signed an affidavit claiming they hadn’t had a physical relationship with anyone for 12 months.

• In April 2015, he revealed that he was diagnosed with skin cancer (melanoma and basal cell carcinoma), which was later treated.

• He claimed in October 2016 that he was checked for prostate cancer, which came back positive. A prostatectomy was done, which was successful in curing the cancer.

• He is a very close friend of Andy Street, a politician of the Conservative Party and former managing director of John Lewis, and former Mayor of the West Midlands. Street is a gay and has publicly accepted it.
  

  Michael Fabricant’s best friend, Andy Street

• He and Street have a common property in Snowdonia, Wales and love walking together. He once called Street his life partner and claimed that they live busy lives but can depend on each other for anything.

• Though there have been many rumors that he is gay, he has claimed that he is a bisexual person. He was in a relationship with an American girl who came to the UK with him. He met her first while studying in California.

• However, he didn’t want any relationship or the responsibility of marriage or children. So, he never got married or had any children.

• In October 2018, he drove a cycle naked in London, with only a black box around his private parts, to promote the naked bike rally from Lichfield to Whittington (in Staffordshire).

• He once said in a 2021 interview that when he became the MP for the first time in 1992, he found that the Conservative Party in Westminster was very different from the party’s wing in Brighton.

• He said that if he had not been a Tory MP, he might have voted for Tony Blair in 1997.

• He smoked cannabis while studying in college but never took any chemical drug, including cocaine.

• In April 2025, he appeared in the 24th season of Celebrity Big Brother, which aired on ITV.

• Many rumours claim that he wears a wig, but he has never commented on it and has always maintained that it is his personal matter.
  

  Michael Fabricant’s hair

• He often remains in the headlines for his tweets as he shares his views on the social media platform.

• He has often said that people from his constituency Lichfield like him for being a character.