About Nigel Evans
Nigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ribble Valley in Lancashire from 1992 until 2024. He was Joint Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee from 2017 to 2019. He served as First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Speaker's three deputies, from 2010 to 2013. He was elected as Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means in 2020. Evans is a strong critic of the European Union and supported Brexit in the 2016 EU Referendum. He has since been supportive of Leave Means Leave, a Eurosceptic campaign group and backed Boris Johnson for Prime Minister. He thereafter refrained from campaigning on issues such as Brexit in order to fulfill his role as one of the deputy speakers, until he lost his seat in 2024. == Early life and career == Nigel Evans was born on 10 November 1957 in Swansea. He was educated at Dynevor School, and then went to Swansea University, where he gained a BA in politics in 1979. He was involved in the management of his family's newsagent's and convenience store in Swansea.
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