1. David Evennett was elected as Member of Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election.
14 Facts About David Evennett
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David Evennett served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September to October 2022.
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David Evennett retired as an MP at the July 2024 general election.
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David Evennett began his career as a teacher at Ilford County High School between 1972 and 1974, from which post he resigned when he was elected to represent the Woodford ward on Redbridge London Borough Council.
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David Evennett was elected as the Conservative MP for Erith and Crayford at the 1983 general election, when he defeated James Wellbeloved who had defected from the Labour Party to the newly formed Social Democrats in 1981.
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David Evennett gained the seat with a majority of 920 votes over Wellbeloved.
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David Evennett remained the MP until the seat was redrawn in boundary changes at the 1997 general election.
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David Evennett contested the newly drawn Bexleyheath and Crayford seat in 1997, but lost to Labour's Nigel Beard by 3,415 votes.
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David Evennett narrowly lost to Beard again at the 2001 general election but reduced his majority to 1,475.
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David Evennett was re-elected to Parliament for Bexleyheath and Crayford at the 2005 general election, ousting Beard by 4,551 votes.
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On 18 May 2018, it was announced that David Evennett would be knighted.
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On 6 June 2022, after a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Boris Johnson was called, David Evennett announced that he would be supporting the Prime Minister.
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On 24 May 2024, David Evennett announced that he did not plan to stand for re-election in the 2024 general election.
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David Evennett married Marilyn Smith in 1975 in Redbridge; the couple have two sons and two grandchildren.