Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Deputy | John Lamont (since 2025) |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Chris Philp |
| Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology | |
| In office 26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Browne |
| In office 12 November 2018 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Jo Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ellis |
| Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 26 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Rehman Chishti |
| Succeeded by | David Rutley |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Mel Stride |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Frazer |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Mel Stride |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Dowden |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 15 June 2017 – 12 November 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Andrew Jones |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Jones |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy | |
| In office 18 July 2016 – 14 June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Richard Harrington |
| Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee | |
| In office 18 June 2015 – 18 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Damian Collins |
| Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Keetch |
| Majority | 1,279 (1.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Jesse Norman 23 June 1962 London, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Sir Mark Norman, Bt (uncle) Sir Torquil Norman (father) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford (BA) University College London (MPhil, PhD) |
| Website | jessenorman |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Visual reasoning in Euclid's geometry : an epistemology of diagrams (2003) |
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Alexander Jesse Norman (born 23 June 1962) is a British politician, author and philosopher who has served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons since November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford and South Herefordshire since 2010.
Norman was a director at Barclays before leaving the City in 1997 to research and teach at University College London. Prior to that he ran an educational charity in Eastern Europe during and after the Communist era.
Between 2016 and 2023, he held several ministerial positions, including Paymaster General and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Upon Kemi Badenoch's victory in the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election, Norman was appointed Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, replacing Chris Philp.