Alex Norris

Alexander James Jordan Norris[2] (born 4 February 1984) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Nottingham North, and was first elected at the 2017 general election.[3][4]

For the Canadian municipal politician, see Alex Norris (Canadian politician).

Alex Norris

MP
Norris in 2019
Shadow Minister for Public Health and Patient Safety
Assumed office
9 April 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded bySharon Hodgson MP (Public Health)
Member of Parliament
for Nottingham North
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byGraham Allen
Majority4,490 (12.7%)
Personal details
Born (1984-02-04) 4 February 1984[1]
Manchester, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Domestic partnerEmma Foody

Early life and career

Norris was born in Altrincham as a result of IVF and educated at the Manchester Grammar School. He moved to Nottingham in 2003 to study.[5]

Norris served as a member of Nottingham City Council, for Basford ward for six years and served as Portfolio Holder for Adults and Health. Before being elected to Parliament in 2017, Norris was working for UNISON as an Area Organiser.

Parliamentary career

In his maiden parliamentary speech, Norris called for an end to poverty.[6] He later spoke about issues such as voter registration and modern slavery.[7] In 2018, he called for a debate on the introduction of safe standing in English football.[8]

On 5 March 2019, Norris was appointed as acting Shadow Minister for the Department of International Development.[9]

Norris nominated Lisa Nandy in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[10]

From 2017, Norris served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth until February 2019.[11] He also served as an Opposition Whip from February 2019 until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care in Keir Starmer's first opposition frontbench.[12]

Personal life

Norris is a keen runner, is a supporter of Manchester City FC and has two pet border collies.[5]

References
  1. "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11784.
  3. "Nottingham North". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. Bryan, Sarah (26 April 2017). "Labour announce candidate for Nottingham North". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. "Councillor Alex Norris". Nottinghamcity.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. "My maiden speech in Parliament". 28 June 2017.
  7. "Alex in Parliament - Alex Norris MP". alexnorrismp.co.uk.
  8. "Nottingham MP calls for safe standing to be allowed". Nottingham Post. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  9. @LabourDfID (5 March 2019). "We're delighted to announce that @ANorrisMP is joining the Labour DFID team as the new acting shadow minister" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 March 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. "Labour Party Leader". The Labour Party. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  11. "Inside the Labour party: A Cicero Group overview" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  12. "Parliamentary career for Alex Norris - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Graham Allen		 Member of Parliament
for Nottingham North
2017–present		 Incumbent
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