David Robert Bowe (born 19 July 1955) was a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

for

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from 1989 to 2004. Bowe was educated at Sunderland Polytechnic,

Teesside Polytechnic , mottoeng = Deeds Not Words , established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status , type = Public , endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20) , chancellor ...

, and the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

. He worked as a science teacher, and became active in the Labour Party, serving on Middlesbrough District Council, and on the executive of the party's northern region. Bowe was elected to the European Parliament at the

1989 European Parliament election The 1989 European Parliament election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was the third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other m ...

, representing Cleveland & Yorkshire North (1989–1994), then Cleveland & Richmond (1994–1999) and

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(1999–2004). Bowe stood for re-election in 2004, but was defeated.

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External links

David Bowe website
1955 births Living people Councillors in North East England Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1989–1994 MEPs for England 1994–1999 MEPs for England 1999–2004 Alumni of Teesside University {{UK-MEP-stub