Nick Bourne
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Nick Bourne (born 1952) is Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and Leader of the Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales, having replaced Rod Richards in 1999.
He was educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of Cambridge University Lawyers and Treasurer of Cambridge University Conservative Association. A former Professor of Law, Bourne has been Assistant Principal of Swansea Institute of Higher Education, and is also a visiting lecturer at Hong Kong University.
His political interests include the economy, foreign affairs, health and education. Bourne is also a supporter of charities and organisations in Wales, including the NSPCC, National Trust, and the British Heart Foundation. His interests include visiting museums and art galleries, travelling, walking and sport.
Bourne has campaigned for rural communities, opposing wind farm developments, the closure of post offices and small schools, and supporting improved health care provision in non-urban areas. He also campaigns on issues such as the need for a referendum on plans to give the assembly law making powers, the future of the National Botanic Garden, and on the growing cost of government in Wales. He was presented with the Local Campaigner of the Year Award, by BBC AM.PM show 2005; he also won AM of the Year 2005 from ITV.
First elected in 1999, and re-elected in 2003, Nick Bourne sits on the Assembly's European Affairs committee and is the party's spokesman on constitutional matters. He was also a member of the National Assembly Advisory Group (NAAG), the body which set up the institution's working arrangements.
Nick Bourne was the Conservative Party candidate in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election and has also contested Worcester.
