Nigel Evans

I am the Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley. As a resident for the last 26 years I am committed to fighting for local public services, supporting local businesses and promoting the Ribble Valley. I am proud to call Ribble Valley my home.

Nigel Evans has this week backed the ‘Long Live the Local’ campaign by the Britain’s Beer Alliance to combat against further rises in beer duty.

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, has urged the Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, to reimburse taxpayers from his own pocket over the Cliff Richard case. Sir Cliff won a damages case against the BBC over its live coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014.

Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, has today urged the government to speed up their plans to introduce new leasehold legislation to the house. The leasehold (or ‘fleecehold') scandal that recently targeted new homeowners across the UK caused widespread condemnation among MPs in 2017, but progress towards passing a bill has been slow.

Nigel Evans was awarded a question through the ballot at PMQ’s this week and took his opportunity to question the closures of front desk services in the Ribble Valley.

Nigel Evans attended a Parliamentary reception organised by the charity at the House of Commons to meet with volunteers and staff and hear about their experiences of being deployed to incidents such as the Grenfell Tower fire, and the London Bridge and Manchester Arena terror attacks.

Nigel Evans has called for a ban on sky lanterns after the fires which have engulfed Winter Hill. The hill borders the boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton, close to the Ribble Valley constituency.