Edward Thomas Kellett-Bowman JP (born Bowman; 25 February 1931 – 22 November 2022) was a British business and management consultant.

His work in the European Parliament was effective in shaping policy and he only narrowly missed being chosen to lead the Conservative group.

[3] When Bowman married fellow Camden councillor and Member of Parliament for Lancaster Elaine Kellett (who like him had been widowed) in 1971, the couple joined their names and adopted the surname 'Kellett-Bowman'.

[1] At the 1979 elections to the European Parliament, Kellett-Bowman was chosen as the Conservative Party candidate for the Lancashire East constituency, which stretched from Blackburn to Nelson, including Clitheroe and Heywood.

Kellett-Bowman specialised in budget and audit and in 1981 presented a report about budgetary control at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra near Milan.

[4] In February 1982, Kellett-Bowman criticised the sale of farm surpluses to the Soviet bloc, and accused the European Commission of distorting the foreign policy of the free world.

[8] He brought in a report to the European Parliament in February 1997 [9] which identified the removal of border controls and a lack of co-operation by member states as being responsible for the rise in organised crime and smuggling.

[10] Kellett-Bowman's report led to the European Union setting up a customs investigation body and computerising transit-monitoring systems.