Norman Lamb

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Norman Lamb MP

Minister of State for Care and Support
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Paul Burstow
Minister of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
In office 3 February 2012 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Ed Davey
Succeeded by	Jo Swinson
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister
In office 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Paul Clark ^[a]
Succeeded by	Jo Swinson
Assistant Government Whip
In office 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Lyn Brown
Succeeded by	Jenny Willott
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health
In office 18 December 2006 – 12 May 2010
Leader	Menzies Campbell Nick Clegg
Preceded by	Steve Webb
Succeeded by	John Pugh and Baroness Jolly as Co-chairs of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Policy Committee on Health and Social Care
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office 16 May 2005 – 3 March 2006
Leader	Charles Kennedy Menzies Campbell
Preceded by	Malcolm Bruce
Succeeded by	Edward Davey
Member of Parliament for North Norfolk
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	David Prior
Majority	11,626 (23.4%)
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-16) 16 September 1957 Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse(s)	Mary Lamb
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	University of Leicester
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Solicitor, author
Website	Official website
a. ^ Office vacant from 27 June 2007 to 12 May 2010.

Norman Peter Lamb (born 16 September 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, and Minister of State for Care and Support. He was formerly Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

He is the Member of Parliament for North Norfolk.

Early life

Lamb was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the son of climatologist Professor Hubert Lamb. He went to Wymondham College, then the University of Leicester, getting an LLB.

Employment lawyer

After graduating from the University of Leicester, Lamb worked as a solicitor. He began to specialise in employment law whilst working for Steele and Co Solicitors (now called Steeles Law). In 1998 he wrote a book, Remedies in the Employment Tribunal: Damages for Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal, but any chances of a follow up or update to this book were put aside when Lamb was elected to Parliament in June 2001.

Political career

Lamb worked for a year for Labour MP Greville Janner in the early 1980s, working as a researcher. A meeting with Shirley Williams in Parliament at this time, shortly after the formation in 1981 of the SDP-Liberal Alliance, spurred Lamb into front line active politics and he was elected to Norwich City Council where he led the Lib Dem group until he stood down in 1991 in order to pursue his Westminster ambitions.

Parliamentary career

Having first stood for election in North Norfolk in 1992, when he dented the Conservative majority, he came close to a major shock in the 1997 general election when he reduced a Conservative majority of more than 10,000 to only 1,293 votes. He was finally elected in 2001, at the third attempt, narrowly defeating the incumbent Conservative MP David Prior by 483 votes. He was re-elected in 2005 with a massively increased majority of 10,606, despite an effort by the Conservatives and their candidate Iain Dale to unseat him in what had been one of their top target seats. He was re-elected for a second time in 2010 with a majority of 11,626.

Norman Lamb's first appointment after being elected was as a Lib Dem spokesman on International Development. Soon after this, he was picked out by then Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy to act as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. After the 2005 general election, he was promoted and appointed Liberal Democrat Trade spokesman (2005–2006), securing the endorsement of the Liberal Democrat Spring 2006 Conference for a policy to part-privatise the Royal Mail, and to use the proceeds to invest in a publicly owned Post Office network. In March 2006, he moved to the post of Chief of Staff to the newly elected leader, Sir Menzies Campbell. In December 2006, he became the party's Health spokesman and was succeeded by Ed Davey as Campbell's Chief of Staff. In 2009 he took up the case of an LBC broadcast by Jeni Barnett in which she cast doubt on the safety of the MMR vaccine, tabling an Early Day Motion criticising those involved.^[1]

At the 2010 General Election, Lamb won a third term as North Norfolk's MP. Lamb secured yet an even larger majority both in percentage terms and in absolute votes. Following the formation of the Cameron Ministry in May 2010, Lamb was appointed a parliamentary private secretary to Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nick Clegg.^[2]

On 3 February 2012, Norman Lamb was promoted to the role of junior minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills after Ed Davey was appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following the resignation of Chris Huhne consequent on his prosecution for perverting the course of justice.

Personal life

He married Mary in 1984, and they have two sons. They live in Norwich. Their son Archie Lamb is co-founder of the independent record label Takeover Entertainment which promotes Tinchy Stryder.^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norman Lamb.

Norman Lamb MP official constituency website
Profile at the Liberal Democrats

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom

Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005

Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard

Electoral history and profile at The Guardian

Voting record at Public Whip

Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record

Profile at BBC News Democracy Live

Articles authored at Journalisted
Article archive at The Guardian
Profile: Norman Lamb, BBC News, 17 October 2002

Video clips

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Prior	Member of Parliament for North Norfolk 2001–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Steve Webb	Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman 18 December 2006 – 12 May 2010	Succeeded by John Pugh and Baroness Jolly as Co-chairs of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Policy Committee on Health and Social Care
Preceded by Malcolm Bruce	Liberal Democrat Trade and Industry Spokesman 16 May 2005 – 3 March 2006	Succeeded by Ed Davey
Political offices
Preceded by Ed Davey	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs 3 February 2012–	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Position established	Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Lyn Brown	Assistant Government Whip 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012	Succeeded by Jenny Willott
Preceded by Office not in use last held by Paul Clark on 27 June 2007	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012	Succeeded by Jo Swinson

v t e Current Liberal Democrat MPs

Northern Ireland (0/18)	None

Scotland (11/59)	Danny Alexander Malcolm Bruce Menzies Campbell Alistair Carmichael Michael Crockart Charles Kennedy Michael Moore Alan Reid Robert Smith Jo Swinson John Thurso

North East England (2/29)	Alan Beith Ian Swales

North West England (6/75)	Gordon Birtwistle Tim Farron Mark Hunter John Leech John Pugh Andrew Stunell

Yorkshire and the Humber (3/54)	Nick Clegg Greg Mulholland David Ward

Wales (3/40)	Mark Williams Roger Williams Jenny Willott

East Midlands (0/46)	None

West Midlands (2/59)	Lorely Burt John Hemming

East of England (4/58)	Julian Huppert Norman Lamb Bob Russell Simon Wright

London (7/73)	Tom Brake Paul Burstow Vince Cable Edward Davey Lynne Featherstone Simon Hughes Sarah Teather

South West England (15/55)	Annette Brooke Jeremy Browne Don Foster Andrew George Steve Gilbert Duncan Hames Nick Harvey David Heath Martin Horwood David Laws Tessa Munt Dan Rogerson Adrian Sanders Steve Webb Stephen Williams

South East England (3/84)	Norman Baker Stephen Lloyd Mike Thornton

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Persondata
Name	Lamb, Norman
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	16 September 1957
Place of birth	Watford, Hertfordshire
Date of death
Place of death

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