Political Career
Formerly, the Conservatives' Chief Spokesman in Wales and was the Conservative Party candidate in the 1984 Chesterfield by-election. He was a member of the National Assembly Advisory Group, the body which set up the institution's working arrangements. He also contested Chesterfield in the 1983 general election.
First elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, and re-elected in 2003 and 2007, Bourne sits on the Assembly's European and External Affairs committee and is the party's spokesman on constitutional matters. He has been leader of the Welsh Conservatives since August 1999, and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly since July 2007. Following a minor reshuffle in June 2008, Bourne also became the Shadow Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery in addition to his role as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly until 22 October 2008.
Bourne is also the Honorary President of Aberystwyth University Conservative Future.
In 2011, Nick Bourne was nominated by the Welsh Conservatives as their representative on the Commission on Devolution in Wales, chaired by Paul Silk.
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