Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth

Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth, FRSA (born 5 March 1951), is an English author, academic and Conservative peer. He has been described as "the United Kingdom's greatest living expert on Parliament" and "a world authority on constitutional issues".[1][2]


The Lord Norton of Louth

Official parliamentary photo of Lord Norton of Louth
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
1 August 1998
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Philip Norton

(1951-03-05) 5 March 1951
Louth, Lincolnshire,
United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationAcademic

Education

Norton was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth.[3] He graduated from the University of Sheffield with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and later as a Doctor of Philosophy, and, after winning a Thouron Award, from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Arts.[4]

Career

Norton is a Professor of Government in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull, and was head of the Department from 2002 to 2007.[5] Since 1992 he has been the Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies.[6] Norton has been a member of the Hansard Society advisory council since 1997 and became Director of Studies in 2002.[5]

He was created a life peer with the title Baron Norton of Louth, of Louth in the County of Lincolnshire on 1 August 1998.[7][8] In 2000 he chaired a commission for Leader of the Opposition William Hague to design ideas for the strengthening of the institution of Parliament,[9] and from 2001 to 2004 he served as the chairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.[5]

In 2007 The Daily Telegraph named him the 59th most influential person on the right of British politics.[2]

Norton is a regular contributor to Lords of the Blog, a collaborative blog by members of the House of Lords for the purposes of public engagement. The Guardian has described him as "a new star of the blogosphere."[10] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Lord Norton also has a personal blog in which he often cites some of the many evolving responsibilities he undertakes in political and academic circles. Currently for example, Norton is serving as co-chair of the Committee on Higher Education and continuing work with the Campaign for an Effective Second Chamber. Lord Norton has a Quiz on the Lords of the Blog and also often has Caption Competitions on his personal blog. The Norton View attracts some readership from around the world.[11][12]

Arms

Norton was granted a coat of arms in 1998 upon his accession to the peerage. [13]

Coat of arms of Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth
Coronet
A Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A church tower argent with a spire azure set thereon a bee or the wings displayed argent veined azure.
Escutcheon
Paly of four argent and or issuing in base a pile throughout the sides embowed inwards azure over all three fleurs-de-lis those in chief azure and that in base per pale argent and or.
Supporters
On either side an owl azure armed or in the beak a quill the nib outwards argent spined or [14]

Bibliography

  • Dissension in the House of Commons 1974-1979, Oxford University Press, 1980, ISBN 978-0-19-827430-8
  • The Commons in Perspective, Longman, 1981, ISBN 978-0-582-28294-0
  • The Constitution in Flux, Martin Roberstson, 1982, ISBN 978-0-85520-521-8
  • The Political Science of British Politics, (with Jack Hayward) Wheatsheaf Books, Sussex, 1986, ISBN 0-7450-0367-2
  • The British Polity, Longman, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8013-1844-3
  • Parliament in British Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4039-0667-0

References

  1. "PSA Awards 2008". Political Studies Association. 15 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. "The Right's 100 Most Influential: 75-51". The Daily Telegraph. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  3. "PHOTOS: Louth Grammar School presentation evening". Louth Leader. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  4. "Politics and social sciences" (PDF). University of Hull. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  5. "Advisory Council". Hansard Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  6. "Who's Who?". Hansard Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  7. "No. 55217". The London Gazette. 6 August 1998. p. 8583.
  8. "Person Page – 19166". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  9. "Strengthening Parliament" (PDF). Conservative Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  10. Moss, Stephen (7 April 2008). "The new lords of the blog". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  11. "Juggling the diary – The Norton View".
  12. "Welcome to readers overseas – The Norton View".
  13. Norton, Lord (14 April 2010). "Coat of Arms".
  14. Norton, Lord (1 May 2014). "The coat of arms".

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Hanningfield
Gentlemen
Baron Norton of Louth
Followed by
The Lord Ahmed
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