Early Career
Brazier joined the Territorial Army aged 19 in 1972 and served for thirteen years, six of which were in the SAS. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1993. He was employed by Chartered Consolidated Ltd 1975–1984, being involved in economic research from 1975–77, corporate finance from 1977–81, and was on the Executive Committee of the Board from 1981-4. In 1984, he became a management consultant with HB Maynard International (now owned by Accenture).
Julian Brazier contested the 1983 General Election at Berwick-upon-Tweed, but was comfortably defeated by the Liberal MP Alan Beith by 8,215 votes. He contested the Conservative safe seat of Canterbury at the 1987 General Election following the retirement of the sitting MP Sir David Crouch. He held the seat comfortably with a majority of 14,891. He has remained as the MP for Canterbury since.
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