Hugh Evans OBE (born c. 1961) is a farmer and county councillor in

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, who was leader of

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between 2007 and 2022.

Background

Evans is a dairy farmer from

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, Denbighshire. He was first elected to Denbighshire County Council as an

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councillor for the ward of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd/Gwyddelwern in 2004. He became leader of the council in November 2007 after the previous leader, Rhiannon Hughes, had resigned in October following damning reports into the county's education services. Evans was the only person nominated and was backed by all five political groups on the council. He immediately took on the role of the council's education leader himself and announced he'd be reducing the size of the council's

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. He was re-elected as leader following the May 2008 local elections. A

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councillor stood against him. Evans was awarded an OBE in the 2012 New Years Honours, for services to local government. Evans was re-elected as leader following the May 2017 elections, taking on the Economy, Planning and Regulation portfolio. Evans is

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(WLGA) Independent Group Leader.

References

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