John Bowis
John Crocket Bowis OBE (born 2 August 1945 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a former Conservative MP and MEP.
Education
John Bowis was educated at Tonbridge School and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Political life
He was first elected at the 1987 general election as Member of Parliament for Battersea. From 1993 to 1996 he was a health minister and from 1996 to 1997 he was a transport minister, before losing his parliamentary seat at the 1997 general election.
At the 1999 European Parliament election Bowis was elected to represent the London region. He was re-elected in 2004, and stood down at the 2009 election.
He has been National Secretary of the Federation of Conservative Students and worked at the Institute of Psychiatry.
He is an active member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
He has served as president of Gay Conservatives, an LGBT group within the Conservative Party.[1]
He is the incumbent chairman of the Conservative Europe Group.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Gay Conservatives President Re-elected Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.conservativeeuropegroup.org.uk/newsshow.aspx?id=5&ref=24%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D CEG 2011 Annual General Meeting report
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Bowis
- Profile on European Parliament website
- John Bowis – John Bowis OBE
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Alf Dubs |
Member of Parliament for Battersea 1987–1997 |
Succeeded by Martin Linton |