Elizabeth Gwendoline Nerys Evans (born 1980) is a Welsh politician. She was a member of the
National Assembly for Wales
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representing
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
Plaid wa ...
in the
Mid and West Wales
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region. She contested the
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire seat for the 2011 National Assembly for Wales elections, finishing in third place, and thus lost her seat in the Assembly.
Background
Evans was born in
Llangain
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near
Carmarthen
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. She was educated at
Manchester University
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
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where she obtained a
BA in Government and Political Theory, followed by
Cardiff University
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, motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord
, mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord
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where she was awarded a
MSc
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in Welsh Politics in 2004.
Political career
She became an organiser for
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom.
Plaid wa ...
in
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and worked as press officer for the Plaid Cymru group on
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...
County Council. More recently she worked as a Political Officer for Plaid Cymru in the
National Assembly for Wales
The Senedd (; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English language, English and () in Welsh language, Welsh, is the Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes ...
in
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
.
In 2006, Evans was chosen to head the Plaid Cymru list in
Mid and West Wales
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for the
2007 Assembly election. On election day she took the seat vacated by
Helen Mary Jones
Helen Mary Jones (born 29 June 1960) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician, who was a member of the Senedd from 1999 to 2011 and again from August 2018 until 29 April 2021.
Background
Jones was born in Colchester, Essex. She was educated at Colches ...
, who succeeded in winning the
Llanelli constituency.
Her political interests include rural affairs, voter apathy and workers' rights. She was Plaid Cymru’s Education Spokesperson from 2009 – 2011. She was chair of the Assembly Cross Party group for Broadband in rural Wales, she sat on the Assembly's Enterprise and Learning committee and is a former chair of the Broadcasting Sub Committee. In 2008 Nerys won the annual ITV Wales Campaigner of The Year award for her campaigning work on domestic abuse issues.
She is Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales' Director of Policy and sits on the party's National Executive Committee.
References
External links
Biographyon Plaid Cymru site
Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales Website
Offices held
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1980 births
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Alumni of Cardiff University
Wales AMs 2007–2011
Plaid Cymru politicians
Living people
Welsh-speaking politicians