Robert Evans

Who is Robert Evans?

Robert John Emlyn Evans was a Member of the European Parliament for the Labour and Co-operative Parties, representing London from 1994–2009. He was originally elected to the European Parliament for London North West in 1994, having previously stood unsuccessfully in 1989. In November 2012 he was Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Surrey. On 2 May 2013 he was elected Surrey County Councillor for Stanwell and Stanwell Moor.

As a Surrey County Councillor, he has campaigned vigorously in defence of public services, particularly the retention of his local fire station and in favour of a 'better not bigger' Heathrow Airport. At the full County Council meeting in May 2014, despite opposition from the Tory leader of Surrey, Evans proposed and got a majority vote in favour of Surrey becoming a Fairtrade County - the first county in the south of England to achieve this.

Robert Evans was educated at Ashford County Grammar School before gaining a BEd and MA from the Institute of Education, University of London. He then became a teacher and, at the time of his election to the European Parliament, he was head of a Junior School in Hounslow.