Andrew Bowie (politician)

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Andrew Bowie
MP
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Official portrait, 2019
Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
24 July 2019 – November 2021
LeaderBoris Johnson
ChairJames Cleverly
Oliver Dowden
Ben Elliot
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBim Afolami
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
29 December 2018 – 24 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded bySeema Kennedy
Succeeded byAlex Burghart
Trudy Harrison
Member of Parliament
for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byStuart Donaldson
Majority843 (1.6%)
Personal details
Born (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 34)
Arbroath, Scotland
Political partyConservative and Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Madeleine Clarke
Alma materBritannia Royal Naval College
University of Aberdeen (BA)
Websitewww.andrewbowie.org.uk
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service2007–10
RankSub-Lieutenant

Andrew Campbell Bowie (born 28 May 1987) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since the 2017 general election.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Bowie was born in Arbroath and educated at Inverurie Academy in Aberdeenshire.[3] While studying at Inverurie Academy, Bowie was chosen to join the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, playing the violin.[4] After leaving school, he joined the Royal Navy and attended Britannia Royal Naval College before serving as an officer, achieving the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. After leaving the Navy, Bowie studied History and Politics at the University of Aberdeen, where he was elected Chairman of the University of Aberdeen Conservative and Unionist Association for the 2012/13 academic year.[5]

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.[5]

Parliamentary career[]

Bowie was elected as an MP in June 2017, with a majority of 7,950 votes.[6] 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.[7]

In December 2018, he was promoted to Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister by Theresa May[8] 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.[9]

Bowie was re-elected as the MP for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine at the 2019 general election, with a significantly reduced majority of 843 votes.[10]

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".[11][12]

He is an advocate of the Down Syndrome Bill, which would recognise people with Down syndrome as a specific minority group.[13]

Electoral history[]

General election 2019: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Bowie 22,752 42.7 -5.2
SNP Fergus Mutch 21,909 41.1 +8.6
Liberal Democrats John Waddell 6,263 11.7 +3.1
Labour Patrick Coffield 2,431 4.6 -6.5
Majority 843 1.6 - 13.8
Turnout 53,317 73.4 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2017: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Bowie 24,704 47.9 +19.0
SNP Stuart Donaldson 16,754 32.5 -9.1
Labour Barry Black 5,706 11.1 +6.5
Liberal Democrats John Waddell 4,461 8.6 -12.8
Majority 7,950 15.4 N/A
Turnout 51,625 71.2 -4.0
Conservative gain from SNP Swing

Personal life[]

Bowie lives in the constituency. He is married to Madeleine (Maddie), who was brought up in Stockholm.[17] Together, they own a Dalmatian called Winston. On 8 February 2022, he publicly announced that he and Maddie were expecting their first child.

References[]

  1. ^ "Andrew Bowie MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ Davidson, Peter (9 June 2017). "Bowie says 'people have spoken' after landslide win in West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine". Evening Express. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Bowie, Andrew". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ PoliticsHome.com (1 July 2019). "Unparliamentary Language: Andrew Bowie". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Who are Scotland's new MPs?". BBC News. 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election Results - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine" (PDF).
  7. ^ McKiernan, Jennifer. "First Scottish Conservative promoted to leave the back benches is Andrew Bowie". Press and Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  8. ^ Robertson, Kirsten (31 December 2018). "Aberdeenshire MP promoted to prestigious government role". Press and Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. ^ "The Party's new line-up of Deputy and Vice Chairmen". Conservative Home. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  10. ^ wpengine (13 December 2019). "General Election 2019 - Tories keep hold of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine by just 843 votes". Forres Local. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  11. ^ Allegretti, Aubrey (10 November 2021). "Tory party vice-chair Andrew Bowie resigns in protest over sleaze". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. ^ Rodger, Hannah (10 November 2021). "Tory MP Andrew Bowie quits as vice chair of the Conservative party". The Herald. Scotland. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  13. ^ "MP voices support for Down Syndrome Bill". Grampian Online. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ^ "General Election 2019". Aberdeenshire Council. Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  16. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election" (PDF). www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  17. ^ Bowie, Andrew. "About Andrew". Andrew Bowie. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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