John Bowis

John Crocket Bowis OBE (born 2 August 1945 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a former Conservative MP and MEP.

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 (1945-08-02) 2 August 1945 (age 80) Brighton, East Sussex, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Brasenose College, Oxford

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 Under-Secretary of State for Transport, 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 vice president of the Conservative Group for Europe (CGE).^[2]