2001 United Kingdom general election previous autumn had shown the first Tory lead (though only by a narrow margin) in the opinion polls for eight years as they benefited from the public anger towards the government over the fuel protests which had led to a severe shortage of motor fuel. By the end of 2000, however, the dispute had been solved and Labour were firmly back in the lead of the opinion polls. In total, a mere 29 parliamentary seats changed hands at the 2001 Election. One of the more noted events of a quiet campaign was when countryside protester Craig Evans threw an egg
Jack Evans (Australian politician) ombudsman's report, and acted as campaign manager to former party member Shirley de la Hunty who contested the Western Australian state election, 1989 as an independent candidate. In 1993, following the collapse of his Australian Business College, he returned to serving the party in senior administrative positions, both state and federal, and successfully supported and mentored the Senate candidature of Andrew Murray. Evans died of cancer at his home in the Perth suburb of Wanneroo, aged 80, on 2 October 2009. Jack Evans (Australian politician) John Gordon "Jack" Evans (28 November 1928 – 2 October 2009) was an Australian businessman