Jeremy Roger Evans (born 23 Jun 1964)^[2][3] is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Conservative Party, he is a former member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge and a former councillor and leader of the Conservative group in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.^{[citation needed]}

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Roger Evans
Evans in 2008
6th Deputy Mayor of London
In office 13 May 2015 – 9 May 2016
Mayor	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Victoria Borwick
Succeeded by	Joanne McCartney
Leader of the Conservative Party in the London Assembly
In office September 2008 – March 2011
Preceded by	Richard Barnes[1]
Succeeded by	James Cleverly
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party in the London Assembly
In office September 2007 – September 2008
Preceded by	Richard Barnes
Succeeded by	Richard Tracey
Member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge
In office 4 May 2000 – 5 May 2016
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Keith Prince
Majority	3,939
Personal details
Born	(1964-06-23) 23 June 1964 (age 59) Lancashire
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

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Evans was born in Lancashire and moved to London in 1987.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

Evans was elected to Waltham Forest London Borough Council for the Valley ward (covering South Chingford) in 1990,^[4] 1994^[5] and 1998.^[6] He stood for Cann Hall ward in 2002 but was not elected.^[7] He was the opposition spokesman on audit (1991), housing (1992), deputy leader (1993) and the leader of the Conservative group 1994–1998.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2006 he was elected to Havering London Borough Council, for the ward of Elm Park and again in 2010.^[8][9]

He was first elected to the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge in 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections.^{[10][11][12][13]} Until 2008 he was 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 2008 he retained his seat in an election which returned Boris Johnson as London's Mayor and in September 2008 he became leader of the now eleven strong Conservative group, a post he held until 2011. In the 2012 elections he was returned with a reduced majority.

On 13 May 2015, Evans became Deputy Mayor of London, replacing Victoria Borwick who had been elected to parliament.^[14]

In 2016, Evans announced his retirement from politics to pursue a career as a public speaking coach.^{[citation needed]}