Nigel Martin Evans (born
10 November 1957) is a
British politician. He is the
Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the
Ribble Valley constituency.
Nigel Evans was born in
Swansea,
Wales and was educated locally at the Dynevor School and the
University of Wales, Swansea where he was awarded a
Bachelor of Arts degree in politics in 1979. He was involved in the management of his family's newsagents and convenience store in Swansea. He was elected as a councillor to the
West Glamorgan County Council in 1985 and became the deputy Conservative group leader in 1990 before standing down as a councillor in 1991.
He contested
Swansea West at the
1987 General Election but was defeated by former
minister Alan Williams by 7,062 votes. He was selected to contest the Pontypridd by-election, 1989 following the death of Brynmor John. He was defeated by Kim Howells in
Pontypridd by 10,794 votes. He fought his third election in one parliament when he was selected to contest the very safe Conservative seat of
Ribble Valley in the by-election caused by the resignation of
David Waddington to become the
Leader of the House of Lords in 1990, but was again defeated at the
Ribble Valley by-election on March 7, 1991 when
Mike Carr gained the seat for the
Liberal Democrats by 4,601 votes.
Nigel Evans regained Ribble Valley from the Liberal Democrats at the
1992 General Election defeating Carr by 6,542 votes and has been the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on May 20, 1992
[1]. He was appointed as the
Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to the
Secretary of State for Employment David Hunt in 1993 and remained Hunt's PPS when he was appointed
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1994. In 1995, Evans became the PPS to
Tony Baldry the Minister of State at the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1995, and in 1996 became the PPS to the new
Secretary of State for Wales William Hague.
With the Conservative Party not winning a single seat in Wales at the
1997 General Election, Evans was drafted onto the
frontbench by
John Major as a spokesman on
Welsh Affairs. He became a member of the
Shadow Cabinet under both William Hague and
Iain Duncan Smith as the Shadow
Secretary of State for Wales from 2001 to 2003. He had publicly criticized the government for not having a dedicated Secretary of State for Wales in a cabinet post, so when the new Conservative leader
Michael Howard decided to take the role outside of the Shadow Cabinet, Evans chose to return to the
backbenches.
He became a member of both the
Trade and Industry the Welsh Affairs
Select Committees in 2003; and in November 2004, he was appointed a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, with specific responsibility for overseeing Conservatives Abroad and mobilising the Conservative vote overseas. He returned to the back-benches on the election of
David Cameron in 2005 deciding to dedicate more time to his work on the Council of Europe and Western European Union. He has been a member of the
Culture Media and Sport Select Committee since the
2005 General Election.
He has worked on three
United States of America presidential elections in
New York,
Florida, and
California.
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"God and my right"
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Ribble Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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City and County of Swansea
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water Ranked 14th
378 km²
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Admin HQ Swansea Guildhall
GB-SWA
ONS code 00NX
Traditional county Glamorganshire
Ceremonial county West Glamorgan
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Cymru am byth (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
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"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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Majority 4,601 10.0
Turnout 46,129 71.1
Liberal Democrats
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Notes on Candidates
- Nigel Evans regained the Ribble Valley seat for the Conservatives in the 1992 election and has held it ever since.
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Liberal Democrats
Leader Vincent Cable (acting)
Founded 1988
Headquarters 4 Cowley Street
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Political Ideology Social liberalism
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