Norman Macfarlane Irons CBE (4 January 1941 – 26 November 2023) was a Scottish politician who was lord provost of Edinburgh between 1992 and 1996.
Although Irons was one of only two SNP representatives on the city council at the time, these votes were crucial in maintaining the minority administration of the ruling Labour Party.
As such, Labour councillors were his majority backers for the post of lord provost.
[citation needed] In 2005 he asserted that the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary killed his 89-year-old mother through "basic neglect" and improper care.
[5] Irons was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1995 New Year Honours for services to local government.