Evans was the regional director of the North West Labour Party from 1995 to 1999 and founded The Campaign Company, a political consultancy.
[11][12] In 2001, Evans and Jonathan Upton, formerly Labour's head of corporate development, started a political consultancy in Croydon called The Campaign Company.
Evans' wife, Aline Delawa, was company secretary in 2002, at the same time as running the party's "constitutional and legal affairs unit".
[15] The Daily Telegraph described the company as a "lobbying firm which advises the NHS, Government departments and political activists seeking selection as party candidates".
[8] He beat Byron Taylor, the candidate considered to be his leading competition, and other Labour activists including Andrew Fisher and Neena Gill.
[19] Evans announced that he was intending to stand down as General Secretary following the Labour Party's National Conference at the end of September 2024.