Sharon Bowles
Sharon Margaret Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (born 12 June 1953) is a Liberal Democrat politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England region of the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2014. She sat in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe grouping. She was educated at the independent Our Lady's Abingdon, the University of Reading and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
The Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2015 Life Peerage | |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 12 May 2005 – 2 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Huhne |
| Succeeded by | Janice Atkinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1953 Oxford, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Alma mater | Reading University |
| Website | sharonbowles.org.uk |
Bowles has been described as the most influential Briton in the development of European Union policy, and also as one of the top ten most influential regulators in the European Union, and most influential woman. She was short listed to be Governor of the Bank of England in 2012.
On 15 August 2014 she became a non executive director of The London Stock Exchange Group plc and of its subsidiary The London Stock Exchange plc.
She was nominated for a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and was created Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, of Bourne End in the County of Hertfordshire, on 23 October 2015.