| John Bowis | |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Office: | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport |
| Term Start: | 23 July 1996 |
| Term End: | 2 May 1997 |
| Primeminister: | John Major |
| Predecessor: | Steven Norris |
| Successor: | Glenda Jackson |
| Office1: | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security |
| Term Start1: | 27 May 1993 |
| Term End1: | 23 July 1996 |
| Primeminister1: | John Major |
| Predecessor1: | Tim Yeo |
| Successor1: | Simon Burns |
| Parliament2: | European |
| Constituency Mp2: | London |
| Term Start2: | 15 July 1999 |
| Term End2: | 1 July 2009 |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency established |
| Successor2: | Marina Yannakoudakis |
| Parliament3: | UK |
| Constituency Mp3: | Battersea |
| Term Start3: | 11 June 1987 |
| Term End3: | 8 April 1997 |
| Predecessor3: | Alf Dubs |
| Successor3: | Martin Linton |
| Birth Name: | John Crocket Bowis |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Brasenose College, Oxford |
John Crocket Bowis OBE (born 2 August 1945 in Brighton, East Sussex) is a former Conservative MP and MEP.
John Bowis was educated at Tonbridge School and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
He was first elected at the 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 transport minister, before losing his parliamentary seat at the 1997 general election.
At the 1999 European Parliament election Bowis was elected to represent the London region. 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 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.[1]
He is the incumbent vice president of the Conservative Group for Europe (CGE).[2]