John Bowis
John Bowis OBE | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport | |
| In office 23 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Steven Norris |
| Succeeded by | Glenda Jackson |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security | |
| In office 27 May 1993 – 23 July 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Tim Yeo |
| Succeeded by | Simon Burns |
| Member of the European Parliament for London | |
| In office 15 July 1999 – 1 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Marina Yannakoudakis |
| Member of Parliament for Battersea | |
| In office 11 June 1987 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Alf Dubs |
| Succeeded by | Martin Linton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Crocket Bowis 2 August 1945 Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
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
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
.
Political life
He was first elected at the
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
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 vice president of the
Conservative Group for Europe (CGE).[2]
Notes
- ^ "Gay Conservatives President Re-elected". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "People". Conservative Group for Europe. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Bowis
- Profile on European Parliament website
- John Bowis – John Bowis OBE
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