Tim Bowles (politician)
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Tim Bowles | |
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.jpg) 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 | 1959 or 1960 (age 66–67)[1] |
| Party | Conservative |
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]