Graham Evans
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Graham Evans MP |
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Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Hall |
| Majority | 806 (1.7%) |
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10 November 1963 Poynton, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Evans |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Website | www |
Graham Thomas Evans (born 10 November 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale in Cheshire since the 2010 general election.
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 as a mature student, graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University Business School with a Business Degree and Diploma in Marketing Management. He had a successful twenty year business career in manufacturing, working for companies such as BAE Systems and Hewlett Packard, eventually becoming a Company Director. He went on to get an MA from Kings College London.
He has always served his local community, spending four years as a Special Constable in the Cheshire Constabulary and ten years as a local Councillor in Macclesfield.
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 just four years.
In July 2007, he was selected by a primary open to all residents of Weaver Vale, regardless of which party they normally support. For three years he tirelessly campaigned across the constituency, and was first elected in 2010 with an 8.1% swing, the highest swing in the country.
Graham was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale in 2015, confounding the pollsters, again pledging to work hard for all constituents and put them before everything else in politics.
Graham now serves as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence.
Evans unsuccessfully contested the 2005 general election for the Worsley constituency.
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