Graham Evans MP : Graham Evans, Conservative MP for Weaver Vale

Graham Evans MP

Graham Evans MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA graham.evans.mp@parliament.uk 020 7219 7183

www.grahamevansmp.com

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Graham Evans was elected Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale on 6 May 2010.

Graham Evans and the Conservatives would like to thank the electors of Weaver Vale for electing him as their Member of Parliament. There was a 8.1% swing to the Conservatives from Labour.

Full Results: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e99.stm

“I would like to thank the voters of Weaver Vale for electing me as their Member of Parliament. It is a huge honour to be able to represent residents in Northwich, Weaverham, Hartford, Frodsham, Helsby, Runcorn and all our rural communities.

I will continue the tradition of being a hard working local constituency MP and will serve every resident regardless of their political views. I want to thank those people who voted for me and all those other voters who showed me courtesy and kindness when I met them ‘on the doorstep’ during the election campaign.

Local community groups do so much for our area. I have already attended a number of community events and look forward to doing all that I can to support their vital contribution to our community.

If any resident would like to contact me about any issue or concern, please e-mail, write or call me at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA graham.evans.mp@parliament.uk 020 7219 3000

Thank you once again for giving me the opportunity to serve the people of Weaver Vale."

Graham Evans MP for Weaver Vale

Graham held his first surgeries as your Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale at Northwich Library on Fridays 21 and 28 May, then in Halton, Weaverham, Helsby and Frodsham on Friday 11 June. For details of upcoming Surgery dates go to: http://www.weavervaleconservatives.com/page/18/

Graham Evans Campaigning in Weaver Vale

Graham was chosen as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate by the voters of Weaver Vale, regardless of whether they were a member of the Conservative Party or not, on 7 July 2007 in an Open Primary at Weaverham High School in Weaver Vale.

Graham Evans said “ It is an honour and a privilege to be selected and I would like to thank all those who took part in the selection process. I will be working hard to meet people across the constituency”.

“We now have a new prime minister, but it does not really matter who is leader of the labour party, it is time for a change and only the Conservatives can beat Gordon Browns’ labour party”. added Graham.

Cllr Ralph Oultram, Chairman of Weaver Vale Conservatives said. “Weaver Vale is ready for a changeand that is why we have chosen Graham. He is a local Cheshire lad born and bred, full of energy and enthusiasm and ready to work hard on many of the issues affecting this community”.

Graham has been working with Weaver Vale Conservatives ever since, attending local events and meeting local people to find out the issues that affect them.

In July 2009, Graham said: "Ever since the details of MP’s expenses were first published, people have been furious about the excessive, unacceptable and possibly illegal claims made by some of the people we send to represent us in the House of Commons.

As the local Conservative candidate in the next General Election, I want to make it clear to you that I will not play the system. I will not bend the rules. I will not break the law. Instead, I will abide by the standards that politicians expect others to live by. I will stick to the strict rules set out below.

I want you to treat this as a contract between us. If I’m elected as your Member of Parliament in the general election. If I break any one of these rules, you should vote me out when you get the chance.

MP’s Expenses: my contract with you

I Graham Evans, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Weaver Vale, promise to:

Publish on my personal website details of all of my expenses incurred as your Member of Parliament;

Publish on my personal website details of all of my office expenses incurred as your Member of Parliament;

Appoint a local firm of auditors to approve my expenses accounts at the end of every financial year;

Open up my unedited expenses claims to local newspapers at the end of every financial year;

Never claim for dry cleaning, laundry and ironing.

Never Claim for “house hold sundries”.

Never claim for furniture or household goods; and Meet my own tax liabilities – such as stamp duty – without claiming them from the taxpayer''

Graham Evans July 2009

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Personal biography (June 2010)

Graham is a local Cheshire man, born on a council estate in Poynton. He attended his local comprehensive school, leaving with few qualifications, and went on to work in a nearby supermarket stacking shelves.

Graham went on to study at night school as a mature student, graduating from Manchester University Business School with a Business Degree and Diploma in Marketing Management. He went on to have a successful twenty year business career in manufacturing, working for companies such as BAE Systems and Hewlett Packard, eventually becoming a Company Director.

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. At Macclesfield Borough Council, he served on the Community Development Committee and was part of a team of Conservative 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, calling for tough action on crime and fighting against Labour’s post office closures.

Graham was elected as Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale, gaining the seat from Labour with a swing of over 8%, in what was one of the best results across the country. He has pledged to work hard for all constituents and put them before everything else in politics, including his own party.

In his spare time Graham loves history (specialising in military, social, economic and political history) and has a good size library on the subject. He is also a keen sportsman, especially football and is a lifelong Manchester United supporter.

Above all, Graham is a family man, and loves spending time with his wife Cheryl and three young children, George, Tom and Sophie. They live in Cheshire, in the village of Rainow.

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