  steven john norris (born 24 may 1945 in liverpool, lancashire) is a british conservative politician. he was the official conservative candidate for mayor of london in 2000 and 2004, losing in both races to ken livingstone. a former vice-chairman of the conservative party, he chaired the transport working group in conservative party leader david cameron's quality of life commission. ==early life and career== steven norris attended the liverpool institute for boys, a grammar school, from 1956 to 1963; there he became a prefect and, in his last year, head boy. he gained an open exhibition in social studies and graduated from worcester college, oxford where he was a member of the labour club. after graduating he pursued a career in the engineering and motor industries, and entered politics when he was elected to berkshire county council in 1977. ==parliamentary and ministerial career== he became the member of parliament for oxford east in 1983. after narrowly losing that seat in 1987 to andrew smith, he re-entered the house of commons at a by-election for epping forest in 1988. he served as a parliamentary private secretary to william waldegrave at the department of the environment, nicholas ridley at the department of trade and industry and [[kenneth baker, ba
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