Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth
- Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth
Philip Norton, Lord Norton of Louth (born 5 March 1951), is an English author and academic. The House Magazine has called him 'our greatest living expert on parliament'.
He is the former head of the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull in England.
Norton graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, and from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Arts.
In 1998, he was made a life peer with the title Baron Norton of Louth, of Louth in the County of Lincolnshire. He subsequently chaired a commission for Leader of the Opposition William Hague to design ideas for the strengthening of the institution of Parliament. He has also served as the Chairman of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
In 2007 the Daily Telegraph named him the [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/01/nosplit/nlist101.xml 59th most influential person] on the right in British politics.
Lord Norton of Louth is a regular contributor to "Lords of the Blog", a collaborative blog by members of the House of Lords for the purposes of public engagement. [http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/category/lord-norton/]
Bibliography
*"Dissension in the House of Commons 1974-1979", Oxford University Press, 1980
*"Commons in Perspective", Martin Robertson, 1981
*"Constitution in Flux", Martin Roberstson, 1982
*"The Political Science of British Politics", (with Jack Hayward) Wheatsheaf Books, Sussex, 1986 ISBN 0-7450-0367-2
*"Parliament in British Politics", Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 ISBN-10 1-4039-0667-X
External links
* [http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/ Lords of the Blog]
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