The Lord Norton of Louth
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Norton of Louth's full title is The Lord Norton of Louth. His name is Philip Norton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
91 Content(56.2%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
66 didn't vote(40.7%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, in so far as this Bill rectifies an anomaly, it is to be welcomed. I very much endorse what others have said: of course Ministers should be paid. It has been a disgrace that Ministers, particularly in the Lords, have given sterling service with
My Lords, as I mentioned earlier, good law is a public good. It is essential that Acts deliver what they are expected to deliver, and not all do so, as the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, was touching upon. They may be misinterpreted or misunderstood, simply h
My Lords, Governments since 2008 have been committed to undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of Acts three to five years after enactment. In Committee on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern,
My Lord, I welcome this report and the reports from other committees, including the Constitution Committee, on the subject, but I rather regret that they are necessary. I was involved in the passage of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill. I ser
My Lords, there is a difference between reporting what is happening and actually reviewing an Act in its totality and—as my noble friend mentioned when we started this Bill, and as she referred to today—identifying what it is designed to achieve, its obj
My Lords, the Minister’s response is not just disappointing but extraordinarily worrying. It suggests that the Government do not know what they are committed to. All I am seeking is to put in the Bill what the Government say they intend to do anyway. By
My Lords, the Government Whip may be pleased to know that my mother used to say that I spoke far too quickly. This amendment complements other amendments, which have been discussed, seeking reviews of one form or another. It is distinct in its scope and
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I totally agree. I should have said that I regard this as necessary but not sufficient.
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I reinforce what has just been said and endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, said. He and I have made common cause on this for some time.
I shall be extremely brief, because I want to make just one point. It is not so much about the s
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, the Minister’s response is disappointing. I am grateful to the two Front Benches for their very kind opening comments but in terms of the substance of the amendment, I thought the Minister’s comments reinforced the case for post-legislative sc
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, this is a big Bill. The noble Baroness, Lady Smith, has spent many hours at the Dispatch Box justifying its provisions. This amendment enables her to demonstrate her confidence that it will deliver what she claims for it. The amendment requires
My Lords, I have no interests to declare, other than that I want legislation to be as good as it can be. I very much welcome my noble friend’s amendment because it provides the foundation for my Amendment 251 that would provide for post-legislative scrut
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, given that, as the Minister said, she is just bringing to a conclusion her 12 days in Committee on the Bill, I was rather hoping that she may be a little demob happy and put aside her brief and accept the amendment.
I naturally welcome the c
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, on my count, almost 20 amendments have been tabled to the Bill requiring the Secretary of State within six or 12 months of the Act being passed to promulgate some regulations or undertake a review of a particular provision of the Act. My amend
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I very much welcome this report from the Constitution Committee. I have a particular interest in that I was the first chair of the committee and was responsible for the report Reviewing the Constitution, on which this report draws and builds. I
2025-06-24
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Hunt of Wirral and the Minister for their contributions to this short debate. Obviously, I am very grateful for their opening comments; it seems to be something on which I have united the two Front Benches.
2025-06-24
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, this amendment provides the means to check that the Bill, once enacted, achieves the purposes for which it is intended. It is a more comprehensive amendment than several that have been debated already, which provide for a review of certain prov
2025-06-24
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I, too, welcome this report from the Constitution Committee and the fact that it is one of several produced by the committee on the working of our devolved system of government. It has done a commendable job in analysing the process of inter-in
My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken. It has been an excellent debate. I am especially grateful to the Minister for her detailed response. I appreciate enormously what she said about a Joint Committee, and I know we look forward to her up
My Lords, it is a particular honour to move this Motion. The Select Committee on Statutory Inquiries was appointed last year as a special inquiry committee to review the report of the committee appointed in 2014 to engage in post-legislative scrutiny of
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Professor of Government and Director of Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1998-08-01 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01
Constitution Committee
2007-11-14 → 2012-05-01
Constitution Committee
2001-06-28 → 2005-05-07
Constitution Committee
2006-11-23 → 2007-10-30
Committee on Regulators
2010-06-09 → 2014-05-14
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2011-07-06 → 2012-03-26
Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
2013-05-14 → 2013-12-16
Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee)
2014-06-12 → 2015-03-30
Information Committee (Lords)
2024-01-24 → 2024-09-16
Statutory Inquiries Committee
Chair
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Contact
Parliamentary office
nortonp@parliament.uk
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External or private office
Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, School of Law and Politics, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX
Personal assistant
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APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group Friends of the University of Hull
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 20 | 2022-05-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills and Employment
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Policy Connect | 10 | 2021-06-12 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills, Careers and Employment
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Palace Yard Events Limited | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
3 bills
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2024-09-12 | |
| House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2022-06-07 | |
| House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2021-07-14 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.