Nicholas Bourne
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The Right Honourable The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales | |
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Assumed office May 2015 |
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| Sec. of State |
Stephen Crabb Alun Cairns |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Randerson |
| Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales | |
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In office 11 July 2007 – 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ieuan Wyn Jones |
| Succeeded by | Andrew R. T. Davies |
| Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the National Assembly | |
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In office 1999 – 6 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rod Richards |
| Succeeded by | Andrew R. T. Davies |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 6 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | New Assembly |
| Succeeded by | William Powell (Lib Dem) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1952 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | University Lecturer. |
| Website | www |
Nicholas Henry Bourne, Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth (born 1 January 1952) is a Welsh Conservative politician. He served as the Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Mid and West Wales electoral region from August 1999 until May 2011. During the 2011 assembly elections he unexpectedly lost his regional list seat, due to Conservative gains at constituency level. He was elevated to the House of Lords in September 2013 and the following year became a government whip.
Bourne was the first of two children of the late, John Morgan Bourne and his wife, Joan Edith Mary Bourne. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Chelmsford; University of Wales, Aberystwyth; and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of Cambridge University Lawyers and Treasurer of Cambridge University Conservative Association. Bourne is the Honorary President of Aberystwyth University Conservative Future.
A former Professor of Law, Bourne has been Assistant Principal of Swansea Institute of Higher Education, is a visiting lecturer at Hong Kong University and an author. He is also a fluent speaker in Welsh and French. Bourne is unmarried.
Bourne was the Conservative Party candidate in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election and in the same constituency at the previous year's general election. He was the Conservatives' Chief Spokesman in Wales and led the unsuccessful "Just Say NO" campaign against Welsh devolution during the 1997 referendum. After the referendum he served on the National Assembly Advisory Group the body which set up the institution's working arrangements.
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