John Crocket Bowis OBE (born 2 August 1945 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a former

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MP and MEP.

Education

John Bowis was educated at

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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

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and from 1996 to 1997 he was a transport minister, before losing his parliamentary seat at the 1997 general election. At the

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Bowis was elected to represent the

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. 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

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. He is an active member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He has served as president of

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, an LGBT group within the Conservative Party. He is the incumbent vice president of the Conservative Group for Europe (CGE).

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Profile on European Parliament website

– John Bowis OBE 1945 births Living people People educated at Tonbridge School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Conservative Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 Officers of the Order of the British Empire Gay politicians LGBT politicians from England LGBT MEPs for the United Kingdom LGBT members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom {{UK-MEP-stub