Tim Bowles (politician)

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]

Tim Bowles
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 65–66)[1]
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England

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]