John Crocket Bowis

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 2 August 1945 in

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, East Sussex) is a former Conservative MP and

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Education

John Bowis was educated at Tonbridge School and

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Political life

He was first elected at the 1987 general election as Member of Parliament for

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. 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 The 1999 European Parliament election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and ...

Bowis was elected to represent the London region. He was re-elected in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, and stood down at the 2009 election. He has been National Secretary of the

Federation of Conservative Students The Federation of Conservative Students (FCS) was the student organisation of the British Conservative Party from the late 1940s to 1986. It was created to act as a bridge between the student movement and the Conservative Party. It produced sever ...

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. He is the incumbent vice president of the

Conservative Group for Europe The Conservative European Forum (CEF) was founded in 1969 to promote the UK's entry into the European Economic Community. The organisation is committed to a positive and constructive approach to the UK's relationships with the democracies of Eur ...

(CGE).

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External links

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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