John Bowis

John Crocket Bowis OBE is a former Conservative MP and MEP.

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 [United Kingdom general election|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 United [Kingdom general election|1997 general election].
At the 1999 [European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|1999 European Parliament election] Bowis was elected to represent the London region. He was re-elected in 2004 European [Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2004], and stood down at the 2009 election.
He has been National Secretary of the Conservative Students">Conservative Party (UK)">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.
He is the incumbent vice president of the Conservative Group for Europe.