Nigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ribble Valley in Lancashire from 1992 until 2024.

[2] He thereafter refrained from campaigning on issues such as Brexit in order to fulfill his role as one of the deputy speakers, until he lost his seat in 2024.

At the 1987 general election, Evans stood in Swansea West, coming second with 33% of the vote behind the incumbent Labour MP Alan Williams.

[5] Evans also stood in the 1991 Ribble Valley by-election, caused by the resignation of David Waddington to become the Leader of the House of Lords in 1990.

At the 1997 general election, Evans was re-elected as MP for Ribble Valley with a decreased vote share of 46.7% and an increased majority of 6,640.

[10] After the election, Evans was drafted onto the frontbench by former prime minister John Major as a spokesman on Welsh Affairs.

[12] He returned to the back benches on the election of David Cameron as party leader in 2005, deciding to dedicate more time to his work on the Council of Europe and Western European Union.

[21] Evans is a supporter of the proposal to make 23 June a public holiday in the United Kingdom, to be known as British Independence Day.

"[23] Evans was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election, with an increased vote share of 57.8% and a decreased majority of 13,199.

"[31] Hannah Quirk, a criminal law lecturer at King's College London, referred to him as a victim of the so-called 'innocence tax'.