Lord Norton of Louth (Con) - Professor of Government, University of Hull
Lord Norton of Louth is Professor of Government, and Director of the Centre for Legislative Studies, at the University of Hull. When he was appointed to the chair in 1986, he was - at 35 - the youngest professor of politics in the country. He is author or editor of 26 books, including Parliament in British Politics, The British Polity (now in its 4th edition), The Constitution in Flux, and Does Parliament Matter? He is President of the Politics Association and Vice-President of the Political Studies Association. He was elevated to the peerage in 1998. He chaired the Conservative Party's Commission to Strengthen Parliament, when reported in 2000, and was Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution from 2001 to 2004.
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