included better pay for members of parliament, although he did also press for safer motor racing after the Le Mans disaster of 1955. Giving up his seat Bowles' constituency party, while holding him in reasonable regard, were inclined to complain that he neglected them and preferred to stay in London. When, following the 1964 general election, Frank Cousins was appointed as Minister of Technology, the Labour whips sought out MPs with safe seats who would accept a Peerage to make way for him. Bowles volunteered. He told the press he had initially been "shocked, tremendously worried and ill" at the thought of leaving the Commons, but decided to make the sacrifice. Cousins won the subsequent by-election. Lords Once he had been created a life peer on 12 December 1964 as Baron Bowles, of Nuneaton in the County of Warwick, Bowles was appointed as Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. He held this post until the Labour government went out of office in 1970. Bowles died at the end of that year. References M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) David Butler and Gareth Butler, "Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) Obituary, The Times, 30 December 1970 W.D. Rubinstein, "The Biographical Dictionary of Life Peers" (St Martins Press, New York, 1991) External links 1902 births 1970 deaths People educated at Highgate School Alumni of the London School of Economics Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) life peers Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs who were granted peerages Life peers created by Elizabeth II