Alex Norris (British politician)
{{Short description|British politician (born 1984)}}
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| image = Official portrait of Alex Norris MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
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| name = Alex Norris
| honorific-suffix = MP
| office1 = Shadow Minister for Policing
| leader1 = Keir Starmer
| term_start1 = 5 September 2023
| term_end1 = 5 July 2024
| predecessor1 = Sarah Jones
| successor1 = Vacant
| office2 = Shadow Minister for Levelling Up
| leader2 = Keir Starmer
| term_start2 = 4 December 2021
| term_end2 = 5 September 2023
| predecessor2 = Position Established
| successor2 = Justin Madders
| office3 = Shadow Minister for Public Health and Patient Safety
| leader3 = Keir Starmer
| term_start3 = 9 April 2020
| term_end3 = 4 December 2021
| predecessor3 = Sharon Hodgson
| successor3 = Andrew Gwynne
| office4 = Member of Parliament
for Nottingham North and Kimberley
{{nobold|Nottingham North (2017–2024)}}
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| majority4 = 9,427 (26.9%)
| predecessor4 = Graham Allen
| successor4 =
| term_start4 = 8 June 2017
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|4|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://data.parliament.uk/membersdataplatform/services/mnis/members/query/id=4641/BasicDetails/ |title=Members' Names Data Platform query |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=24 April 2019}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
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| party = Labour and Co-operative
| spouse = {{marriage|Emma Foody|2017}}
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| alma_mater = University of Nottingham
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| website = {{URL|https://alexnorrismp.co.uk/}}
| office = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety
| term_start = 9 July 2024
| primeminister = Keir Starmer
| predecessor = Jacob Young
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Alexander James Jordan Norris{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11784}} (born 4 February 1984) is a British Labour and Co-op politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Nottingham North and Kimberley, previously Nottingham North, since 2017.{{cite news |title=Nottingham North |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000866 |accessdate=10 June 2017 |website=Election 2017 |publisher=BBC News}} He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Democracy and Local Growth since July 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: July 2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Democracy and Local Growth) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--248 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}
Early life and career
Alexander Norris was born on 4 February 1984 in Altrincham as a result of IVF and privately-educated at Manchester Grammar School. He moved to Nottingham in 2003 to study at the University of Nottingham.{{cite web |last1=Norris |first1=Alex |title=About Me |url=https://alexnorrismp.co.uk/about/ |website=Alexnorrismp.co.uk |date=27 June 2017 |access-date=30 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/about-the-council/councillors-and-leadership/find-a-councillor/alex-norris/ |title=Councillor Alex Norris |publisher=Nottinghamcity.gov.uk |accessdate=2017-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629103333/http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/about-the-council/councillors-and-leadership/find-a-councillor/alex-norris/ |archive-date=29 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}
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
At the snap 2017 general election, Norris was elected to Parliament as MP for Nottingham North with 60.2% of the vote and a majority of 11,160.{{cite web |date=11 May 2017 |title=Statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and situation of polling stations |url=http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/media/456658/statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-north-constituency.pdf |access-date=8 June 2017 |publisher=Nottingham City Council}}
From 2017, Norris served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth until February 2019.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Inside the Labour party: A Cicero Group overview |url=https://esrcpartymembersprojectorg.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/inside-the-labour-party-a-cicero-group-overview.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612060910/https://esrcpartymembersprojectorg.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/inside-the-labour-party-a-cicero-group-overview.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=17 April 2020 |website=}}
In April 2018, he called for a debate on the introduction of safe standing in English football.{{cite web|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/nottingham-mp-alex-norris-calls-1484267|title=Nottingham MP calls for safe standing to be allowed|work=Nottingham Post|date=21 April 2018 |accessdate=6 March 2019|publisher=}}
He 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.{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary career for Alex Norris - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4641/career |access-date=2020-04-17 |website=members.parliament.uk |language=en}}
On 5 March 2019, Norris was appointed as acting Shadow Minister for the Department for International Development.{{Cite tweet|user=LabourDfID|number=1102919609957736449|title=We're delighted to announce that @ANorrisMP is joining the Labour DFID team as the new acting shadow minister.|date=2019-03-05|website=@LabourDfID|language=en|access-date=2019-03-06}}
At the 2019 general election, Norris was re-elected as MP for Nottingham North with a decreased vote share of 49.1% and a decreased majority of 4,490.{{cite news |title=Nottingham North Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000866 |access-date=22 November 2019 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}
Norris nominated Lisa Nandy in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.{{Cite web|url=https://labour.org.uk/people/leadership-2020-nominations/leadership-2020/|title=Labour Party Leader|website=The Labour Party|access-date=2020-01-14}}
In the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he became Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, assisting Lisa Nandy.{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|title=Keir Starmer unveils new frontbench team after wider reshuffle|url=https://labourlist.org/2021/12/keir-starmer-unveils-new-frontbench-team-after-wider-reshuffle/|access-date=2021-12-04|website=LabourList|date=4 December 2021 |language=en-GB}}
In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he became Shadow Minister for Policing.{{Cite web |last=Belger |first=Tom |date=2023-09-05 |title=Labour reshuffle: Starmer unveils six new shadow ministers of state |url=https://labourlist.org/2023/09/labour-reshuffle-starmer-unveils-five-new-shadow-ministers/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}
Norris is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.{{cite web |title=LFI Parliamentary Supporters |url=https://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-parliamentary-supporters/ |website=Labour Friends of Israel |date=6 July 2017 |access-date=26 February 2024}}
Due to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, Norris' constituency of Nottingham North was abolished, and replaced with Nottingham North and Kimberley. At the 2024 general election, Norris was elected to Parliament as MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley with 47.1% of the vote and a majority of 9,427.{{cite web |date=5 July 2024 |title=Election results for Nottingham North and Kimberley |url=https://committee.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=97&RPID=32845928 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=Nottingham City Council}}{{cite web |date=5 July 2024 |title=Nottingham North and Kimberley results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001411 |access-date=12 July 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}
Personal life
Norris is a keen runner, is a supporter of Manchester City FC and has two pet border collies.
His wife Emma Foody was elected to Parliament as MP for Cramlington and Killingworth at the 2024 general election.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=James |date=11 June 2024 |title=Cramlington and Killingworth's Labour candidate Emma Foody 'sick of seeing failure' from Tory government |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/cramlington-and-killingworths-labour-candidate-emma-foody-sick-of-seeing-failure-from-tory-government-4660394 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Northumberland Gazette}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Manchester
Category:Politicians from Nottingham
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