The Right Honourable Norman Lamb MP |
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Liberal Democrat Health Spokesman | |
Assumed office 9 January 2015 |
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Leader |
Nick Clegg Tim Farron |
Preceded by | Himself (Abeyance) |
In office 18 December 2006 – 12 May 2010 |
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Leader |
Sir Menzies Campbell Vince Cable (Acting) Nick Clegg |
Preceded by | Steve Webb |
Succeeded by | Himself (Abeyance) |
Minister of State for Care and Support | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Paul Burstow |
Succeeded by | Alistair Burt |
Minister of State for Employment Relations | |
In office 3 February 2012 – 4 September 2012 |
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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 |
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Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Paul Clark (2007) |
Succeeded by | Jo Swinson |
Member of Parliament for North Norfolk |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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Preceded by | David Prior |
Majority | 4,043 (8.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Norman Peter Lamb 16 September 1957 Watford, England |
Political party |
Labour (Before 1981) Social Democratic Party (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (1988–present) |
Spouse(s) | Mary Lamb |
Children | 2 sons |
Alma mater | University of Leicester |
Website | Official website |
Norman Peter Lamb (born 16 September 1957) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and solicitor. He has been the Member of Parliament for North Norfolk since 2001.
Lamb was a candidate in the 2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election and is currently the party's health spokesman. 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.
Lamb was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the son of climatologist Professor Hubert Lamb and the great-grandson of the mathematician Sir Horace Lamb. He went to Wymondham College in Norfolk, then the University of Leicester, graduating with an LLB.