Roger Evans (London politician)

Jeremy Roger Evans (born 23 Jun 1964[2][3]) is a Conservative Party politician and former member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge. He is a former councillor and leader of the Conservative group in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Roger Evans
Roger Evans speaking after his 2008 re-election
6th Deputy Mayor of London
In office
13 May 2015 – 9 May 2016
MayorBoris Johnson
Preceded byVictoria Borwick
Succeeded byJoanne McCartney
Leader of the Conservative Party
in the London Assembly
In office
September 2008 – March 2011
Preceded byRichard Barnes[1]
Succeeded byJames Cleverly
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
in the London Assembly
In office
September 2007 – September 2008
Preceded byRichard Barnes
Succeeded byRichard Tracey
Member of the London Assembly
for Havering and Redbridge
In office
4 May 2000 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byKeith Prince
Majority3,939
Personal details
Born (1964-06-23) 23 June 1964
Lancashire
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Evans was born in Lancashire and moved to London in 1987. He worked for Royal Mail for 10 years before training as a barrister. He was called to the bar in 1997 and is a member of Middle Temple. He worked as a legal advisor to an IT recruitment company from 1998 to 2000.

Evans was elected to Waltham Forest council in 1990 and was the opposition spokesman on audit (1991), housing (1992), deputy leader (1993) and the leader of the Conservative group 1994–1998.

He was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections.[4][5][6][7] Until 2008 he was the Conservative spokesman for Transport and the Chairman of the Transport Committee. In September 2007 he was elected Deputy Leader of the Conservative group at City Hall. In 2008 he retained his seat in an election which returned Boris Johnson as London's Mayor and in September 2008 he became leader of the now eleven strong Conservative group, a post he held until 2011. In the 2012 elections he was returned with a reduced majority.

On 13 May 2015, Evans became Deputy Mayor of London, replacing Victoria Borwick who had been elected to parliament.[8]

In May 2006 he was elected to Havering council, taking the former Labour stronghold of Elm Park in the South of the borough.

In 2016, Evans announced his retirement from politics to pursue a career as a public speaking coach.

References
  1. "London Assembly Member Richard Barnes". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2019.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. Roger Evans [@TheSpeakingRog] (23 Jun 2016). "@ThorpeLynden Thank you for the lovely birthday card! Can't think of a better present than #Brexit #VoteLeaveTakeControl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Jeremy Roger EVANS - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  4. "Results 2000". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. "Results 2004". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. "Results 2008". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. "Results 2012". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  8. Martin Hoscik (2015-03-25). "Roger Evans appointed as Deputy Mayor of London — MayorWatch". Mayorwatch.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
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