Norman Tebbit

**Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit**, CH, PC (29 March 1931 – 7 July 2025) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–83), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–85), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–87) and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–87).

He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping (1970–74) and Chingford (1974–92).

Tebbit died at his home in Bury St Edmunds, England on 7 July 2025, aged 94.

## Other websites

- An electoral curse yet to be lifted
- What is the Conservative Party for?
- Tebbit: They are out to get me
- Tebbit will stay, says Tory leader
- TUC poster blaming Thatcher and Tebbit for rising unemployment
- TUC poster against Tebbit's 1982 Employment Act
- Tebbit on the front cover of the Private Eye
- Norman Tebbit | What England Means to Me

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Lord Tebbit
- **birthname**: Norman Beresford Tebbit
- **honorific-suffix**: Order of the Companions of Honour, CH Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC
- **image**: Official portrait of Lord Tebbit crop 2.jpg
- **office1**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **primeminister1**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start1**: 2 September 1985
- **term end1**: 13 June 1987
- **predecessor1**: Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, The Earl of Gowrie
- **successor1**: Kenneth Clarke
- **office**: Chairman of the Conservative Party
- **leader**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start**: 2 September 1985
- **term end**: 13 June 1987
- **predecessor**: John Gummer, Baron Deben, John Gummer
- **successor**: Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Peter Brooke
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
- **primeminister3**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start3**: 11 October 1983
- **term end3**: 2 September 1985
- **predecessor3**: Cecil Parkinson
- **successor3**: Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, Leon Brittan
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Employment
- **primeminister4**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start4**: 14 September 1981
- **term end4**: 16 October 1983
- **predecessor4**: James Prior, Baron Prior, James Prior
- **successor4**: Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, Tom King
- **office5**: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade
- **primeminister5**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start5**: 4 May 1979
- **term end5**: 5 January 1981
- **predecessor5**: Michael Meacher
- **successor5**: David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, Lord Trefgarne
- **office6**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Chingford (UK Parliament constituency), Chingford
- **term start6**: 28 February 1974
- **term end6**: 9 April 1992
- **predecessor6**: Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom), Constituency created
- **successor6**: Iain Duncan Smith
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Epping (UK Parliament constituency), Epping
- **term start7**: 18 June 1970
- **term end7**: 28 February 1974
- **predecessor7**: Stan Newens
- **successor7**: Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom), Constituency abolished
- **birth place**: Ponders End, Middlesex, England
- **death place**: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
- **nationality**: British people, British
- **spouse**: Margaret Tebbit, Margaret Daines
- **children**: 3
- **profession**: Journalist
- **occupation**: Politician, Peer
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative