| Andrew Bowie MP | |
|---|---|
| File:File:Official portrait of Andrew Bowie MP crop 2.jpg | |
| Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Renewables[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 February 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports | |
In office 28 October 2022 – 7 February 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Marcus Fysh |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Offord of Garvel |
| Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
In office 24 July 2019 – November 2021 | |
| Leader | Boris Johnson |
| Chair | James Cleverly Ben Elliot Amanda Milling Oliver Dowden |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bim Afolami |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 29 December 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Seema Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Alex Burghart Trudy Harrison |
| Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Stuart Donaldson |
| Majority | 843 (1.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1987 Arbroath, Scotland |
| Political party | Conservative and Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Madeleine Clarke |
| Alma mater | Britannia Royal Naval College University of Aberdeen (MA) |
| Website | www.andrewbowie.org.uk |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |  Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 2007–10 2022–[1] |
| Rank | Sub-Lieutenant Midshipman |
Andrew Campbell Bowie (born 28 May 1987) is a Scottish politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since the 2017 general election.[2][3] A Conservative, he has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nuclear and Networks since February 2023.[lower-alpha 1][4]
Early life and education[]
Bowie was born in Arbroath and educated at Inverurie Academy in Aberdeenshire.[5] While studying at Inverurie Academy, Bowie was chosen to join the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, playing the violin.[6] After leaving school, he joined the Royal Navy and attended Britannia Royal Naval College before serving as an officer, remaining on the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. After leaving the navy, Bowie studied History and Politics at the University of Aberdeen, where he was a member of the Aberdeen University Royal Naval Unit and where he was elected Chairman of the University of Aberdeen Conservative and Unionist Association for the 2012/13 academic year.[7]
Career[]
Early career[]
After graduating from the University of Aberdeen, Bowie was employed as a Military Projects Coordinator for Westhill-based diving equipment supplier Divex. Bowie left Divex in January 2014 to assume a post as the North Scotland Campaign Manager for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and was seconded to the Better Together campaign for the duration of the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. Following the referendum, Bowie transitioned to parliamentary politics by serving as a senior advisor to the Conservative MEP for Scotland Ian Duncan MEP. In 2016, following the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, Bowie was hired as office manager to Liam Kerr MSP, who was elected as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament for the North East Scotland region.[7] In 2016, while working for Kerr, he was forced to apologise to a female SNP councillor who he accidentally sent an offensive email insulting her.[8][9]
Parliamentary career[]
Bowie was elected as an MP in June 2017, with a majority of 7,950 votes.[10] From October that year until June 2018, he was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
In February 2018, Bowie was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport under Matt Hancock, and later under Jeremy Wright.[11]
In December 2018, he was promoted to Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister by Theresa May[12] until her resignation in July 2019.
In July 2019, Bowie was appointed as one of six Vice Chairmen of the Conservative Party and is responsible for the Young Conservatives.[13]
Bowie was re-elected as the MP for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine at the 2019 general election, with a significantly reduced majority of 843 votes.[14]
In November 2021, Bowie announced he would resign as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party once a replacement was selected, soon after the forced resignation of Owen Paterson from the party, giving the reason "to focus on representing my constituents in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine".[15][16]
He is an advocate of the Down Syndrome Bill, which would recognise people with Down syndrome as a specific minority group.[17]
Electoral history[]
| General election 2019: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[18][19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservatives/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | Template:Scottish Conservatives/meta/shortname | Andrew Bowie | 22,752 | 42.7 | -5.2 |
| SNP | Fergus Mutch | 21,909 | 41.1 | +8.6 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | John Waddell | 6,263 | 11.7 | +3.1 |
| [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Patrick Coffield | 2,431 | 4.6 | -6.5 | |
| Majority | 843 | 1.6 | - 13.8 | ||
| Turnout | 53,317 | 73.4 | +2.2 | ||
| [[Scottish Conservative Party|Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
| General election 2017: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/shortname | Andrew Bowie | 24,704 | 47.9 | +19.0 | |
| SNP | Stuart Donaldson | 16,754 | 32.5 | -9.1 | |
| [[Scottish Labour Party|Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Barry Black | 5,706 | 11.1 | +6.5 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Scottish Liberal Democrats|Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/shortname]] | John Waddell | 4,461 | 8.6 | -12.8 |
| Majority | 7,950 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 51,625 | 71.2 | -4.0 | ||
| [[Scottish Conservative Party|Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] gain from SNP | Swing | ||||
Personal life[]
He is married to Madeleine Clarke.
References[]
- ↑ "Bowie joins RNR". https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-diary-naval-mp-andrew-bowie-ukraine-kgwtvkplk.
- ↑ "Andrew Bowie MP". http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/andrew-bowie/4601.
- ↑ Davidson, Peter (9 June 2017). "Bowie says 'people have spoken' after landslide win in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine". https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/bowie-says-people-spoken-landslide-win-west-aberdeenshire-kincardine/.
- ↑ "Andrew Bowie MP" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/government/people/andrew-bowie.
- ↑ ,. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U289461.
- ↑ PoliticsHome.com (1 July 2019). "Unparliamentary Language: Andrew Bowie" (in en). https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/houses/commons/house/house-magazine/104896/unparliamentary-language-andrew-bowie.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Who are Scotland's new MPs?". BBC News. 9 June 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-40118318.
- ↑ "Tory chief apologises after “flipping woman” email". 26 October 2016. https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/10/26/tory-chief-apologises-flipping-woman-email/.
- ↑ "SNP councillor reported to standards watchdog over suggestion Andrew Bowie should be ‘dangled’ from a bridge". Press and Journal. 23 July 2020. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/2359178/snp-councillor-reported-to-standards-watchdog-over-suggestion-andrew-bowie-should-be-dangled-from-a-bridge/.
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary Election Results - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine". https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/20933/ukperesultswak.pdf.
- ↑ McKiernan, Jennifer. "First Scottish Conservative promoted to leave the back benches is Andrew Bowie" (in en-US). https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/1426031/first-scottish-conservative-promoted-to-leave-the-back-benches-is-andrew-bowie/.
- ↑ Robertson, Kirsten (31 December 2018). "Aberdeenshire MP promoted to prestigious government role" (in en-US). https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/1642009/aberdeenshire-mp-promoted-to-prestigious-government-role/.
- ↑ "The Party's new line-up of Deputy and Vice Chairmen" (in en-US). https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/08/the-partys-line-up-of-deputy-and-vice-chairmen.html.
- ↑ wpengine (13 December 2019). "General Election 2019 - Tories keep hold of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine by just 843 votes" (in en-GB). https://forreslocal.com/general-election-2019-tories-keep-hold-of-west-aberdeenshire-and-kincardine-by-just-843-votes/.
- ↑ Allegretti, Aubrey (10 November 2021). "Tory party vice-chair Andrew Bowie resigns in protest over sleaze". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/10/tory-party-vice-chair-andrew-bowie-resigns-in-protest-over-sleaze.
- ↑ Rodger, Hannah (10 November 2021). "Tory MP Andrew Bowie quits as vice chair of the Conservative party". Scotland. https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19706377.tory-mp-andrew-bowie-quits-vice-chair-conservative-party/.
- ↑ "MP voices support for Down Syndrome Bill" (in en). 24 November 2021. https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/mp-voices-support-for-down-syndrome-bill-258095/.
- ↑ "General Election 2019". Aberdeenshire Council. https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/uk-parliamentary-election-2019/.
- ↑ "Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" (in en-GB). https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000058.
- ↑ "UK Parliamentary Election". https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/20933/ukperesultswak.pdf.
External links[]
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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