Roger Evans, Baron Evans of Guisborough

For the Member of Parliament for Monmouth, see Roger Evans (Monmouth MP).

The Right Honourable
The Lord Evans of Guisborough
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 February 2025
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 Group 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 (age 61)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
PartyConservative

Jeremy Roger Evans, Baron Evans of Guisborough (born 23 June 1964)[2][3] is a British politician and life peer who served as Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he represented Havering and Redbridge on the London Assembly from 2000 to 2016, during which time he also led the Conservative Group between 2008 and 2011. He previously served as a councillor in both the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest and Havering, and was leader of the Conservative Group on Waltham Forest Council from 1994 to 1998.[4]

He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 and was created Baron Evans of Guisborough on 6 February 2025.[5]

Early life

Evans was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, and was brought up and educated in Guisborough, then in Cleveland.[6]

He attended Laurence Jackson School and Prior Pursglove College, before graduating from the University of Sheffield.[7]

Evans moved to London in 1987 and worked for Royal Mail for ten years.[6] He later studied Law at the University of Westminster and trained as a barrister, being called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1997.[6][4]

Political career

London borough councillor

Evans was elected to Waltham Forest London Borough Council for the Valley ward (covering South Chingford) in 1990, 1994 and 1998.[8][9][10]

During his time on the council he served as opposition spokesman on audit (1991) and housing (1992), deputy leader of the Conservative group (1993), and as Leader of the Conservative Group from 1994 to 1998.[4]

He stood for Cann Hall ward in the 2002 Waltham Forest council election but was not elected.[11]

In May 2006, Evans was elected to Havering London Borough Council for Elm Park and was re-elected in 2010.[12][13]

He served as Chairman of the Regulatory Services (Planning) Committee between 2006 and 2008.[14]

Evans did not contest the 2014 Havering council election.[15]

Greater London Authority

Evans was first elected to the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge in 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections.[16][17][18][19][20]

Until 2008 he served as the Conservative spokesman for transport and as Chairman of the Assembly’s Transport Committee, chairing reviews on industrial relations on the Underground, bus standards and congestion charging.[21]

In September 2007, Evans was elected Deputy Leader of the Conservative group at City Hall. Following the 2008 London elections, which returned Boris Johnson as Mayor, he became Leader of the Conservative Group on the London Assembly in September 2008, a position he held until 2011.

During his later years on the Assembly he chaired the Online Crime Working Group, which published the report Tightening the Net: The Metropolitan Police Service’s response to online crime and theft in 2015.[22]

He was appointed statutory Deputy Mayor of London on 13 May 2015, succeeding Victoria Borwick.[23]

Evans retired from elected office in 2016 and subsequently worked as a public speaking coach.[24]

House of Lords

In December 2024, Evans was nominated for a life peerage as part of the 2024 Political Peerages.[5] He was created Baron Evans of Guisborough, of Guisborough in the County of North Yorkshire, on 6 February 2025.[25]

He delivered his maiden speech in the House of Lords on 13 June 2025 during a debate on AI and creative technologies, in which he emphasised outcome-focused regulation and reflected on his career progression from Guisborough to London.[6]

Selected committee work

References

  1. ^ "London Assembly Member Richard Barnes". london.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ Roger Evans [@TheSpeakingRog] (23 June 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 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Roger Evans AM". London City Hall. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Political Peerages December 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d Lord Evans of Guisborough (13 June 2025). "AI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 846. United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1663–1666.
  7. ^ "New post for Roger". The Northern Echo. 19 May 2000. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  8. ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). 3 May 1990. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). 5 May 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). London Research Centre Demographic and Statistical Studies. 7 May 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Greater London Authority. 2 May 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  12. ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Greater London Authority. 4 May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  13. ^ "London Borough Council Elections" (PDF). Greater London Authority. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Regulatory Services Committee minutes". London Borough of Havering. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Havering Local Election Results 22 May 2014". London Borough of Havering. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  16. ^ "Profile: Havering & Redbridge". The Guardian. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Results 2000". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Results 2004". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Results 2008". London Elects. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Results 2012". London Elects. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Transport Committee – membership". GLA Meetings. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  22. ^ "Tightening the Net – online crime report" (PDF). London City Hall. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  23. ^ "Mayor appoints new Statutory Deputy Mayor". London City Hall. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  24. ^ "The Candidate Journey". rogerevans.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  25. ^ "No. 64655". The London Gazette. 12 February 2025. p. 2550.
  26. ^ "Transport Committee – membership". GLA Meetings. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  27. ^ "Tightening the Net – online crime report" (PDF). London City Hall. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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