Suzanne Evans
Suzanne Evans | |
|---|---|
Evans in 2016 | |
| Head of the UKIP Policy Committee | |
| In office 29 November 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Mark Reckless |
| Succeeded by | Margot Parker |
| Deputy Chair of the UK Independence Party | |
| In office 29 November 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Diane James |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Dartmouth |
| In office 4 August 2014 – 24 February 2016 | |
| Leader | Nigel Farage |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Diane James |
| UKIP Spokesperson for Health | |
| In office 1 December 2016 – 11 June 2017 | |
| Leader | Paul Nuttall |
| Preceded by | Louise Bours |
| Succeeded by | Julia Reid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1965 (age 60) |
| Political party | Conservative (before 2013) UK Independence Party (2013–2018) |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Suzanne Elizabeth Evans (born February 1965) is an English journalist and politician, formerly associated with the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
On 6 May 2010, Evans 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 Chair of UKIP from 2014 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017, with Neil Hamilton and later The Earl of Dartmouth. She was suspended from the party between March and September 2016, and was unable to run in its September 2016 leadership election before being re-appointed to the post of Deputy Chairman by Paul Nuttall. 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 in 2015 and 2017. She resigned from the party in December 2018, over the appointment of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as an advisor to party leader Gerard Batten.
Evans stood as the UKIP candidate in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency in the 2015 general election.