Graham Evans

Early life and Career

Evans was born on a council house estate in Poynton, Cheshire. After attending Poynton High School, then a comprehensive school, he left with few qualifications. He worked as a shelf stacker at a local supermarket. Graham went on to study at night school, and graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a Business Degree and Diploma in Marketing Management. He then completed an MA from Kings College London. He had a successful twenty year business career in manufacturing, working for companies such as BAE Systems and Hewlett Packard. He spent four years as a Special Constable in the Cheshire Constabulary.

Political career

Evans served ten years as a local councillor at Macclesfield Borough Council, until the council's abolition in 2009. He served on the Community Development Committee and was part of a team of councillors that took the council's Audit Commission rating from "poor" in 2000 to "good" in four years.

Evans unsuccessfully contested the 2005 general election for the Worsley constituency. In July 2007, he was selected by an open primary as the Conservative candidate for Weaver Vale. He was elected at the 2010 general election with an 8.1% swing - the highest swing in the country. Graham was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale in 2015, pledging to work hard for all constituents and put them before everything else in politics.

Evans sat on the Work and Pensions Select Committee (elected November 2012)

He sat on the influential 1922 Executive Committee between Autumn 2012 and January 2014 and was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Rt Hon Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, in January 2014.

From July 2014 until he lost his seat, Evans served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence.

Evans lost his seat to Labour opponent Mike Amesbury in the snap general election held on 8 June 2017.

Political Scandal

In May 2016 Graham Evans was among a number of Conservative MPs who were under investigation for possible election fraud by police forces across Britain. Investigations began after evidence was uncovered by Channel 4 News.

Parliamentary Debates

Evans led a Back Bench Business debate for Holocaust Memorial Day on 23 January 2013., introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill in April 2013 for a National Commonwealth Military Day, and a Private Members' Bill in October 2013 about Drug Driving.

All-Party Parliamentary Group Memberships

Graham ran a campaign to reinstate the Halton Curve railway line to connect the villages of Helsby and Frodsham to Halton and Liverpool.

Graham was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

Personal life

Evans is married to Cheryl, and the couple have three children: George, Tom and Sophie. He has an interest in British social, economic and political history. He enjoys military history, and has a good size library on the subject of the First World War. Evans is a keen sportsman, regularly playing cricket, football and rugby on the Parliamentary teams. He is also a keen runner and has completed the London Marathon six consecutive times raising thousands for charity.