Bish worked as a stockbroker and held a government contract for the lottery.
[1] The lottery was abolished in 1826, and this enabled Bish to stand again in Leominster at the 1832 UK general election, winning the seat.
[2] In Parliament, he opposed the Corn Law and supported a secret ballot and shorter Parliamentary terms.
He argued that the Bank of England should manufacture their banknotes in a manner that makes them harder to forge and that Parliament and the Court should sometimes meet in Dublin.
[2] Bish held his seat at the 1835 UK general election but stood down in 1837.