Jesse Norman

The Right Honourable Jesse Norman MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2024
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Chris Philp
Minister of State for Decarbonisation and Technology[a]
In office 26 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Lucy Frazer
Succeeded by	Anthony Browne
In office 12 November 2018 – 23 May 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Jo Johnson
Succeeded by	Michael Ellis
Minister of State for the Americas and the Overseas Territories
In office 7 September 2022 – 26 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Rehman Chishti
Succeeded by	David Rutley
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 23 May 2019 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Mel Stride
Succeeded by	Lucy Frazer
Paymaster General
In office 23 May 2019 – 24 July 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Mel Stride
Succeeded by	Oliver Dowden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 15 June 2017 – 12 November 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Andrew Jones
Succeeded by	Andrew Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Energy
In office 18 July 2016 – 14 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Richard Harrington
Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee
In office 18 June 2015 – 18 July 2016
Preceded by	John Whittingdale
Succeeded by	Damian Collins
Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Paul Keetch
Majority	1,279 (1.8%)
Personal details
Born	Alexander Jesse Norman (1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 62) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Kate Bingham ​ (m. 1992)​
Relations	Sir Mark Norman, Bt (uncle) Sir Torquil Norman (father)
Children	3
Residence(s)	London Hereford
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford University College London
Website	jessenorman.com
Academic background
Thesis	Visual 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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