Background
FOWLER, Norman was born on February 2, 1938. Parents: the late N. F. Fowler.
chairman Conservative Party and Unionist Party
FOWLER, Norman was born on February 2, 1938. Parents: the late N. F. Fowler.
King Edward VI School, Chelmsford. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Master of Arts.
Chairman, Cambridge University Conservative Association, 1960. Council member. Bow Group, 1967-1969. Member, Editorial Board, Crossbow, 1962-1970.
Vice-chairman, North Kensington Conservative Association, 1967-1968. Chairman, East Midlands Conservative Political Centre, 1970-1973. Member of Parliament for Nottingham South, 1970-1974.
Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, since 1974. Member. Select Committee on Immigration and Race Relations, 1970-1974. Secretary, Conservative Parliamentary Party Home Affairs Committee, 1971-1972, Vice-Chairman, 1974.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary for Northern Ireland, 1972-1974. Opposition Spokesman on Home Affairs, 1974-1975. Chief Opposition Spokesman on Social Services, 1975-1976.
Chief Opposition Spokesman on Transport, 1976-1979. Minister of Transport, 1979-1981. Secretary of State for Transport, Jan.-Sept.
1981; Secretary of State for Social Services, 1981-1987. Secretary of State for Employment, 1987-1992. Chairman, Conservative Party and Unionist Party, since 1992.
National Service, Essex Reg., 1956-1958. Special Correspondent, The Times, 1961-1966. Home Affairs Correspondent, 1966-1970.
Spouse Fiona Poole, 1979. Children: Two d.