Jesse Norman

Jesse Norman
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byChris Philp
Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology[a]
In office
26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byLucy Frazer
Succeeded byAnthony Browne
In office
12 November 2018 – 23 May 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byJo Johnson
Succeeded byMichael Ellis
Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories
In office
7 September 2022 – 26 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byRehman Chishti
Succeeded byDavid Rutley
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
23 May 2019 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byMel Stride
Succeeded byLucy Frazer
Paymaster General
In office
23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byMel Stride
Succeeded byOliver Dowden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office
15 June 2017 – 12 November 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byAndrew Jones
Succeeded byAndrew Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy
In office
18 July 2016 – 14 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byRichard Harrington
Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee
In office
18 June 2015 – 18 July 2016
Preceded byJohn Whittingdale
Succeeded byDamian Collins
Member of Parliament
for Hereford and South Herefordshire
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byPaul Keetch
Majority1,279 (1.8%)
Personal details
Born
Alexander Jesse Norman

(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 62)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 1992)
RelationsSir Mark Norman, Bt (uncle)
Sir Torquil Norman (father)
Children3
Residence(s)London
Hereford
EducationEton College
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
University College London
Websitejessenorman.com
Academic background
ThesisVisual reasoning in Euclid's geometry : an epistemology of diagrams (2003)

Alexander Jesse Norman (born 23 June 1962) is a British politician 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

He served as a Minister in the Treasury, Foreign Office, Cabinet Office, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Department for Transport. Among his MInisterial roles he served as 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.


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  1. ^ "Norman, Rt Hon. (Alexander) Jesse, (born 23 June 1962), PC 2019; MP (C) Hereford and South Herefordshire, since 2010". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u251585. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Co-operative vs co-operative". BBC News. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Bio". Jesse Norman.