Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler

Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler is a British politician and life peer who currently sits in the House of Lords. A long-serving Conservative Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2001, he held several cabinet positions under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Social Services. He is widely recognized for his pioneering public health campaigns regarding HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and for making seat belts compulsory in the UK. Fowler served as the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords from 2016 to 2021, after which he renounced his party affiliation to serve as an independent member, focusing his advocacy on LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS awareness.