John Crocket Bowis (born August 2, 1945 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a ConservativeMember of the European Parliament for London. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... This article is about the British city. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
Educated at Tonbridge School and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1987 to 1997. From 1993 to 1996 he was a health minister and from 1996 to 1997 he was a transport minister. Tonbridge School is a British independent all boys boarding school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde. ... College name Brasenose College Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister College Gonville and Caius College Principal Prof. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ...
He has been National Secretary of the Federation of Conservative Students and worked at the Institute of Psychiatry. Front doors of the Institute of Psychiatry // Introduction The Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental health problems and diseases of the brain. ...
John with his LondonConservative colleagues: Lord Bethell MEP, Theresa Villiers MEP, Richard Balfe MEP and Dr. Charles Tannock MEP (note: Lord Bethell has since retired; he is replaced by Ian Twinn MEP).
John with EPP-ED MEP colleagues: Maria Martens, Wim van Welzen and Vitaliano Gemelli.
John presenting a mock invoice to the French President for £29.4m of unpaid fines for continuing to ban UK beef in contradiction to EU law (2002).
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