Ian Rowley

Councillor for Marylebone Ward

Ian Rowley has lived in Marylebone for 24 years with his wife. He has been a Councillor since 2007 and has a PhD in economics. In the Conservative administration he chaired the council’s Audit and Performance Committee and sits on a scrutiny committee and various operational boards. He also chaired the Conservative group’s backbench group. He currently sits on the finance, planning and economic development policy and scrutiny committee.

Ian’s professional back ground is in investment management. Ian is involved in supporting the arts, having chaired the charity and education committee of the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers, where he is Renter Warden.

He can often be seen being walked by Becky, his Italian Greyhound. During COVID he coordinated thousands of phone calls to local people.

Telephone: 020 7730 8181

Email: [email protected]

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Inappropriate parking of Dockless Bikes

Many local people have drawn attention to the anti-social parking of dockless bikes.  To be clear, no operators are permitted to operate in Westminster under any forms of agreement and abandoned dockless vehicles are subject to removal or seizure. Fining systems are in place to discourage use

Shouldham Street Car Park

Yet another unsuitable sublet has occupied the Shouldham Street Car Park.  Our priority is to make sure the building is safe, and we are liaising with our Environmental Health Team to arrange inspection to access the risk of fire.  In addition, because car parks of residential build

Climate Action Day

We know that air quality is top of the agenda for people across Marylebone. To showcase what the Council is doing to help residents improve air quality in Westminster, your Councillors attended a recent Climate Action Day. There were 18 stalls with advice from 'How to better insulate your

Moxon Street Car Park Development

Cllr Karen Scarborough has been meeting weekly since the commencement of work on the site, with Head of St Vincent School, WCC Highways Inspector and Keir together with the project manager paid for by the developer on behalf of St Vincent's, to co ordinate impacts on the school and local people

Development at 19-35 Baker Street

Cllr Karen Scarborough met on site with the demolition team  Erith and the WCC Highways Inspector.  Since the beginning of their works at 19-35 Baker Street, they have hosted multiple site visits for local students from the University of Westminster and Architectural Association.  T

Marylebone Station, Installation of Breathe Easy Monitors and Air Filtration

While the first passenger journeys took place as the new Hybriflex train left Marylebone station last week, we have also secured funding to pay for Breathe Easy Monitors at six new locations affected by poor air quality, including schools. The readings will be analysed by Imperial College.

Climate Action Classroom Competition

The school competition invited students across Westminster to showcase the different actions they are taking to cut emissions and / or raise awareness of climate change.  Cllr, Acton, Scarborough, Arzymanow & Barnes attended the awards for the winners. There were two categories and the wi

Westminster’s Street Heroes

Your Marylebone councillors continue their contact and listening campaign with local people. Where waste is reported on the street we are pressing for intervention and issuing of fixed penalty notices for repeat offenders. Interventions are a significant part of our effort.