Tim Bowles | |
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![]() Bowles in 2017 | |
Mayor of the West of England | |
In office 8 May 2017 –9 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Dan Norris |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959or1960(age 65–66) [1] |
Political party | Conservative |
Residence(s) | Winterbourne,Gloucestershire,England |
Timothy Charles Bowles [2] is a British Conservative politician who was the inaugural Mayor of the West of England serving from 2017 to 2021. [3] [4]
He was previously elected as a local councillor in 2010 and 2015 for Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire,where he lives. [5] He was an events company manager for rth plc. [6] [7] [8]
On 24 November 2020 Bowles announced his decision not to run for re-election in the 2021 West of England mayoral election,as he was retiring to "pursue some other interests and do those things which have had to take a back seat for so many years". [9] [10]
At Bowles' final West of England Combined Authority meeting,Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said that Bowles had shown honourable leadership without “nonsense party wrangling”. [11]
Bowles lives in Winterbourne,and previously in Somerset. [1]