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Norman Lamb
MP
Norman Lamb MP
Member of Parliament; for North Norfolk
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 June2001
Preceded by	David Prior
Majority	10,606 (18.0%)
Personal details
Born	16 September 1957 (age 67); Watford, Hertfordshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse	Mary
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	University of Leicester

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Norman Peter Lamb (born 16 September 1957, Watford, Hertfordshire) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for North Norfolk and the Liberal Democrat shadow Secretary of State for Health

Early life

He went to Wymondham College, then the University of Leicester, getting an LLB, then studied for the NNEB childcare qualification at the City of London Polytechnic.

Employment lawyer

After graduating from Leicester University, Lamb worked as a solicitor. He began to specialise in employment law whilst working for Steele and Co Solicitors (now called Steeles Law). In 1998 he wrote a book, Remedies in the Employment Tribunal: Damages for Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal, which was published to some acclaim within the legal community^{[citation needed]}. Any chances of a follow up or update to this book were put aside when Lamb was elected to Parliament in June 2001.

Political career

Lamb worked for a year for Labour MP Greville Janner in the early 1980s, working as a researcher. His politics were always in the centre ground, but a meeting with Shirley Williams in Parliament at this time, shortly after the formation of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and their Alliance with the Liberal Party spurred Norman in to front line active politics and he was elected to Norwich City Council where he led the Lib Dem group until he stood down in 1991 in order to pursue his Westminster ambitions.

Parliamentary career

Having first stood for election in North Norfolk in 1992, when he dented the Conservative majority, he came close to a major shock in the 1997 general election when he reduced a Conservative majority of more than 10,000 to only 1,293 votes. He was finally elected in 2001, at the third attempt, narrowly defeating the incumbent Conservative MP David Prior by 483 votes. He was re-elected in 2005 with a massively increased majority of 10,606, despite an effort by the Conservatives and their candidate Iain Dale to unseat him as part of a very negative campaign in what had been one of their top targets seats.

Norman Lamb's first appointment after being elected was as a Lib Dem spokesman on International Development. Soon after this, he was picked out by then Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy to act as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. After the 2005 general election, he was promoted and appointed Liberal Democrat Trade spokesman (2005-2006), securing the endorsement of the Liberal Democrat Spring 2006 Conference for a policy to part-privatise the Royal Mail, and to use the proceeds to invest in a publicly owned Post Office network. In March 2006, he moved to the post of Chief of Staff to the newly elected leader, Sir Menzies Campbell. In December 2006, he became the party's Health spokesman and was succeeded by Ed Davey as Campbell's Chief of Staff.

Personal life

He married Mary in 1978, and they have two sons. They live in Norwich.

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 ==Parliamentary career==
-Having first stood for election in North Norfolk in 1992, when he dented the Conservative majority, he came close to a major shock in the 1997 general election when he reduced a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] majority of more than 10,000 to only 1,293 votes. He was finally elected in 2001, at the third attempt, narrowly defeating the incumbent Conservative MP [[David Prior (UK politician)|David Prior]] by 483 votes. He was re-elected in 2005 with a massively increased majority of 10,606, despite an effort by the Conservatives and their candidate [[Iain Dale]] to unseat him in what had been one of their top targets seats.
+Having first stood for election in North Norfolk in 1992, when he dented the Conservative majority, he came close to a major shock in the 1997 general election when he reduced a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] majority of more than 10,000 to only 1,293 votes. He was finally elected in 2001, at the third attempt, narrowly defeating the incumbent Conservative MP [[David Prior (UK politician)|David Prior]] by 483 votes. He was re-elected in 2005 with a massively increased majority of 10,606, despite an effort by the Conservatives and their candidate [[Iain Dale]] to unseat him as part of a very negative campaign in what had been one of their top targets seats.
 Norman Lamb's first appointment after being elected was as a Lib Dem spokesman on International Development. Soon after this, he was picked out by then Liberal Democrat leader [[Charles Kennedy]] to act as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. After the 2005 general election, he was promoted and appointed Liberal Democrat [[Secretary of State for Trade and Industry|Trade spokesman]] (2005-2006), securing the endorsement of the Liberal Democrat Spring 2006 Conference for a policy to part-privatise the Royal Mail, and to use the proceeds to invest in a publicly owned Post Office network. In March 2006, he moved to the post of Chief of Staff to the newly elected leader, Sir [[Menzies Campbell]]. In December 2006, he became the party's Health spokesman and was succeeded by [[Ed Davey]] as Campbell's Chief of Staff.