Alexander James Jordan Norris (born 4 February 1984) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician. He is the

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for Nottingham North, and was first elected at the

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Early life and career

Norris was born in

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as a result of IVF and educated at the

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. He moved to

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in 2003 to study at the

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. Norris served as a member of Nottingham City Council, for Basford ward for six years and served as Portfolio Holder for Adults and Health. Before being elected to Parliament in 2017, Norris was working for

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as an Area Organiser.

Parliamentary career

In his maiden parliamentary speech, Norris called for an end to poverty. He later spoke about issues such as

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and

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. In 2018, he called for a debate on the introduction of safe standing in English football. On 5 March 2019, Norris was appointed as acting Shadow Minister for the

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. Norris nominated

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in the

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. From 2017, Norris served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth until February 2019. He also served as an Opposition Whip from February 2019 until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care in

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's first opposition frontbench. In the

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, he became Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, assisting

Personal life

Norris is a keen runner, is a supporter of Manchester City FC and has two pet border collies.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Alex 1984 births Living people Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present Politicians from Manchester Politicians from Nottingham