Parliamentary procedure
Finally, Bowles entered Parliament unopposed as MP for Nuneaton in March 1942, when the sitting MP was made one of the few Labour Peers. He was popular with fellow MPs, and in November 1946 was elected vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party. When Hubert Beaumont, Deputy Chairman of Committees (Second deputy Speaker) resigned due to ill health, Bowles was named to succeed him in October 1948; this recognised his mastery of Parliamentary procedure.