Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2575
bownessp@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Opposition Spokesperson for Local Government 1997-98;
House of Lords representative to Convention to Draft an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 1999-2000
Councils, public bodies
London Borough of Croydon Council:
Councillor 1968-98,
Leader 1976-94,
Mayor 1979-80;
Deputy chair, Association of Metropolitan Authorities 1978-80;
Chair, London Boroughs Association 1978-94;
DL, Greater London 1981-;
Member:
Audit Commission 1983-95,
London Residuary Body 1985-93,
National Training Task Force 1989-92
International bodies
Member, UK Delegation to:
Congress of Regional and Local Authorities of Europe (Council of Europe) 1990-98,
Committee of the Regions of the EU 1994-98;
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union,
UK Delegation, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly 2007-
Political interests
Local government, London
Countries of interest
Caucasus (particularly Balkans and Baltics), Europe
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Bowness, of Warlingham in the County of Surrey and of Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon 1996
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Solicitor (non-practising)
Notary Public
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Consultant Notary Public, Streeter Marshall Solicitors of Croydon, Purley and Warlingham (no remuneration and no parliamentary activity)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, South London YMCA (housing)
Trustee, Freehold Property Office of Croydon Central South Conservative Association