John Reginald Bevins (20 August 1908 – 16 November 1996) was a British Conservative politician who served as a Liverpool Member of Parliament (MP) for fourteen years.
He completed his tour of duty as a Major in the Royal Army Service Corps, and became a strong supporter of the Conservative Party.
He was chosen to run for the West Toxteth division Labour-held seat; he lost by 4,814 votes, on a pro-Labour swing much less than the national average.
Bevins, who remained on the City Council after his change of parties, became a popular figure in the Liverpool Conservative Association.
When the Conservative Party returned to office in 1951, Bevins was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Harold Macmillan.
Macmillan became Prime Minister in January 1957 and moved Bevins back to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Although the role was not in Macmillan's cabinet and rather low in the formal priorities, it had a higher public profile than this situation would suggest.
He knew he would have no chance of a comeback in politics and wrote a book called The Greasy Pole, which laid bare his bitterness with his treatment.