Suzanne Evans
| Suzanne Evans | |
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Evans speaking at a Chatham House debate on the EU referendum, May 2016
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| UKIP Health Spokesperson | |
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Assumed office 1 December 2016 |
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| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Louise Bours |
| Deputy Chair of the UK Independence Party & Chair of the UKIP Policy Committee | |
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Assumed office 29 November 2016 Serving with The Earl of Dartmouth |
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| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Diane James |
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In office 4 August 2014 – 24 February 2016 Served with Neil Hamilton |
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| Leader | Nigel Farage |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Diane James |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1965 (age 52) |
| Political party |
Conservative (before 2013) UK Independence Party (2013–present) |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Suzanne Elizabeth Evans (born February 1965) is an English journalist and a politician associated with the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
On 6 May 2010, she was elected as a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Merton Council. She resigned the Conservative whip on 15 May 2013, and then became a councillor with UKIP from 29 May 2013 to 22 May 2014.
Evans was Deputy Chairwoman of UKIP from 2014 to 2016, with Neil Hamilton, She was suspended from the party between March and September 2016 and was unable to run in its September 2016 leadership election. She was one of the three candidates in the party's November 2016 leadership election. She was a spokeswoman for the party and the co-author of its election manifesto.
She stood as the UKIP candidate in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency in the 2015 General Election.
Suzanne Elizabeth Evans was born in February 1965. Her father ran a watchmaking firm in Roushill in Shrewsbury, and her mother was a teacher.
Evans was educated at Baschurch Secondary Modern School, a state school in the village of Baschurch in Shropshire, now known as the Corbet School, and then at Shrewsbury Sixth Form College. She won a place at Lancaster University (1985–1987), from which she graduated with a BA in Religious Studies.
Evans trained as a journalist with the BBC and worked for BBC Radio in various roles from 1987 to 1999.
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