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Timothy Charles Bowles[1]
Mayor of the West of England
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2017
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born1959 or 1960 (age 64–65)[2]
Political partyConservative

Tim Bowles is a British Conservative politician who is the inaugural and incumbent Mayor of the West of England, elected on 4 May 2017.[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]

Bowles lives in Winterbourne, and previously in Somerset.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Notice of Election Agents' Names and Offices" (PDF). West of England Combined Authority. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ashcroft, Esme (5 April 2017). "Metro Mayor candidate profile: Tim Bowles for Conservatives". Bristol Post. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Mayor of the West of England". BBC News. 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Tory Tim Bowles elected West of England mayor". BBC News. 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Cllr Tim Bowles". Bristol and South Gloucestershire Conservatives. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ^ Alex Brown (23 January 2017). "Tim Bowles named Conservative Party candidate for West of England Metro Mayor elections". Bath Chronicle. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Staff". rth plc. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. ^ Ryan, Sid. "Metro mayor: Is Bristol ready for devolution?". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  9. ^ "West of England Mayor Tim Bowles announces retirement". BBC News. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ^ Postans, Adam (24 November 2020). "West of England mayor Tim Bowles to step down before election". BristolLive. Reach. Retrieved 25 November 2020.


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