Roger Evans

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This article discusses the London Assembly member for Havering and Redbridge. For the former Member of Parliament for Monmouth, see Roger Kenneth Evans.
Roger Evans
Roger Evans

Roger Evans speaking after his 2008 re-election
Incumbent
Assumed office 
4 May 2000
Preceded by New constituency
Born 1964 (age 43–44)
Lancashire
Nationality British
Political party Conservative

Jeremy Roger Evans (b. 1964) is a Conservative Party politician and 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.

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 youngest ever leader of the Conservative group 1994 – 1998.

He was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004 election. He is 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 May 2006 he was elected to Havering council, taking the former Labour stronghold of Elm Park in the South of the borough. He is the Chairman of the Regulatory Services Committee which decides significant planning applications in the borough.

Roger published his novel 'Gremal Quest' - a treasure hunt around, and beneath, London - in October 2007.

Roger Evans is single and lives in Romford.

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