Norman is Spokesperson for Health for the Liberal Democrats.

Norman Lamb is the Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk. Before he was elected he was an employment lawyer. He fought the seat twice, in 1992 and 1997, before finally winning in 2001 by 483 votes. In 2005 he increased his majority to 10,606. After a year in Parliament, he was appointed Liberal Democrat Deputy Spokesperson for International Development. He then moved to become Shadow Treasury Minister in the party's Treasury Team. In January 2003, he was elected to the influential Treasury Select Committee and, later that year, appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Charles Kennedy. Following his re-election in 2005, he was promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet. Following Sir Menzies Campbell’s election as party leader in March 2006, Norman became his Chief of Staff. In December 2006 he was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Health and in the Coalition holds the position of Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister.

Until his election, Norman was a partner in the law firm Steele and Co. He was recognised as a leader in employment law in two national guides to the legal profession: the Legal 500 and in the Chambers Directory. He is also the author of a book on employment law: ‘Remedies in the Employment Tribunal’ (Sweet and Maxwell, 1998), which has been described as an invaluable “aide-memoire for experienced practitioners”.

Norman Lamb is recognised as a leading campaigner for freedom of information.

In 2008 he succeeded in winning approval of the party conference for a new health policy which focused on decentralising power and accountability in the NHS and measures to empower patients to take more control of their healthcare.