Norman Lamb | |||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Science and Technology Committee | |||||||||||||||
| In office 13 July 2017 – 6 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Stephen Metcalfe | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Greg Clark | ||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Care and Support | |||||||||||||||
| In office 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Burstow | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alistair Burt | ||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs | |||||||||||||||
| In office 3 February 2012 – 4 September 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ed Davey | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jo Swinson | ||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
| In office 12 May 2010 – 3 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul Clark (2007) | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jo Swinson | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for North Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| In office 7 June 2001 – 6 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Prior | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Duncan Baker | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Norman Peter Lamb 16 September 1957 Watford, England | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent (since 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Labour (until 1981) SDP (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Mary Lamb (m. 1984) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Leicester | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
| a. ^ Office vacant from 12 May 2010 to 9 January 2015. | |||||||||||||||
Sir Norman Peter Lamb (born 16 September 1957) is a British politician and solicitor. He was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 2001 to 2019, and was the chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee from 2017 to 2019.[2]
Lamb was a candidate in the 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election. He served most recently as Minister of State for Care and Support in the Department of Health, and previously as Minister of State for Employment Relations in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and earlier as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.