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 Nottingham North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Norris of the Labour and Co-operative party. Boundaries 1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, ...

, and was first elected at the 2017 general election.

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

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

in 2003 to study at the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

. 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 modern slavery. 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 Department of International Development. Norris nominated

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in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election. From 2017, Norris served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to

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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 Keir Starmer's first opposition frontbench. In the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, he became Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, assisting

Personal life

Norris is a keen runner, is a supporter of

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and has two pet border collies.

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* {{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