Tudor Evans

Tudor Evans OBE is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the leader of Plymouth City Council since May 2018 and councillor for Ham ward since 1988. He has led the Labour group on Plymouth City Council since 1998, including serving as leader of the council from 1998 to 2000, from 2003 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2016.

The party lost control after the 2015 election, which left the council under no control, though Evans remained council leader. He was removed as council leader after the 2016 local elections, with local UK Independence Party councillors forming a coalition with the Conservatives. During this time, Evans supported a cross-party campaign for Plymouth to retain its warships.

Labour again took control of the council in 2012, with defeated Conservative council leader Vivien Pengelly blaming a cut in the top rate of income tax and the proposed pasty tax. Evans again returned as council leader on a platform including job creation, webcasting council meetings, and trying to stop the construction of an incinerator. In 2014, he was a signatory to an open letter to The Observer calling for an end to cuts to local government.

Evans became council leader again in 2003, crediting his victory to Conservative plans to close old people's homes. When Labour lost its majority in 2007, he said he was "proud of what [his] council has achieved", but "puzzled" at having lost control.

After the 1998 local election, Labour group leader John Ingham stood down, having led the council for seven years. Evans was subsequently elected leader of the Labour group, saying he wanted to prioritise investment, jobs and the tourism industry. He led the council until 2000, when the Conservatives won a majority of seats on the council.

Evans first stood for election to Plymouth City Council in 1987 in Sutton and Mount Gould ward, losing to SDP–Liberal Alliance candidates. He was subsequently elected as a councillor to Ham ward in 1988, a seat he has held ever since.