Sharon Bowles

Sharon Margaret Bowles (b. 12 June 1953, Oxford) is a Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the European Parliament for the South East England region of the United Kingdom. As with all the other Liberal Democrat members in the parliament, she sits in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe grouping.

She replaced Chris Huhne in the European Parliament after he was elected to the House of Commons in the 2005 general election. On 10 November 2007 she was selected as the first placed prospective candidate on the Liberal Democrat list for the 2009 election in her European constituency. [1]

Before joining the European Parliament she worked as a European patent attorney. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) [2].

In the 1992 and 1997 general election she was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Aylesbury constituency. She has been a member of the bureau of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party since 2004.

She is married to Andrew Horton. They have two children, Remy and Damian.

See also

• Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004-2009

External links

• Sharon Bowles MEP - official site
• Sharon Bowles' profile at the European Parliament
• Sharon Bowles' profile at the site of the Liberal Democrats