Norman Lamont Norman Lamont Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick, PC (born 8 May 1942) is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames. He is best known for his period serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. Lamont is a supporter of the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave. Lamont was born in Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, where his father was the islands' surgeon. He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, Scotland, and read Economics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was Chairman of the Cambridge University
British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom the Member of Parliament for the Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in London. She is the first person of Bangladeshi origin to have been elected to Parliament. Several British Asians have also been awarded peerages to sit in the House of Lords, including Lord Paul, Baroness Warsi, Lord Desai, Baroness Uddin (first Bangladeshi), Lord Alli, Lord Bilimoria, and Lord Dholakia. British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom British Asians have played a large role in the recent politics of the United Kingdom. People from the Indian subcontinent have had a role in the politics of the United Kingdom, starting