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.

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.

[8] He was for many years a trustee of The Roundhouse, a North London arts venue and charity founded by his father, Sir Torquil Norman.

[9] He has also served on the board of the Hay Festival, the Kindle Centre in Hereford, and the Friends of St Mary's church, Ross-on-Wye.

(1992), Breaking the Habits of a Lifetime (1992) and After Euclid (2006); The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics (2010), published by University of Buckingham Press.

His biography of Edmund Burke was long-listed for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction,[12] and was described as "A must-read for anyone interested in politics and history" by the Sunday Telegraph.

[20][21] Ed Miliband, the then leader of the Labour Party, described the scene involving Cameron and Norman as "fisticuffs in the Lobby" at Prime Minister's Questions.

[22][23] In 2013, Norman said that so many Old Etonians were in government positions because of Eton's "ethos" of public service that "other schools don't imbue the same commitment".

[25] Norman was dismissed from Downing Street's Policy Board in September 2013 after rebelling against the Government again in opposition to military intervention in Syria.

[31] On 8 September 2015 at a hearing of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee convened to discuss recent allegation of blood doping in athletics, Norman said the following "When you hear the London Marathon, potentially the winners or medallists at the London Marathon, potentially British athletes are under suspicion for very high levels of blood doping... " thus seemingly using parliamentary privilege to implicate Paula Radcliffe as being involved, since she is the only British London Marathon winner since 1996.

This prompted Radcliffe to respond with a statement denying any involvement in doping,[32] though Norman said it was not his intention to implicate any individual.

[citation needed] In May 2019, Norman was appointed Paymaster General and Financial Secretary to the Treasury by May; he remained in the latter position under her successor, Boris Johnson, until he stepped down in September 2021.

[48] In July 2024, he announced his backing of Kemi Badenoch in the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election, stating that she could "draw the best from the past but galvanise fresh energies and set a new direction".

"[54] He set out his view of Brexit in an Op-Ed "To get this EU debate out of the sewer, it needs the Pulp Fiction treatment".