National Assembly for Wales

Assembly Member Biographies

Nerys Evans

Nerys Evans AC/AM

Mid and West Wales

Plaid Cymru

Biography

Nerys Evans has been elected as an Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales. Nerys was born in Llangain, near Carmarthen in 1980 and lives near her hometown. Nerys completed studies at Manchester University and achieved a BA (Hons) in Government and Political Theory. She also achieved a MSc (Welsh Politics) from Cardiff University.

Nerys has worked as a Political Officer for Plaid Cymru in the National Assembly, an Organiser for Plaid in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and was also Press Officer for the Plaid Group on Carmarthenshire County Council.

Nerys' political interests include rural affairs, voter apathy and workers rights. She is Plaid's spokesperson on regeneration and is chair of the cross party groups on Epilepsy and Broadband in rural Wales, and sits on the Assembly's Culture and Communities committee, European and External affairs committee and is one of the Assembly's representatives on the European Committee of the regions. Her polticial interests include constitutional affairs, rural issues and workers rights.

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Contact details

e-mail: nerys.evans@wales.gov.uk

52 Heol Awst,
Carmarthen,
SA31 3AL

Tel: 01267 234467

or

Nerys Evans AM
National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
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2007 Election Results

Name(s) Party Number of votes for Party % of votes

Alun Davies


Joyce Watson

Labour Party

39979

18.4

Nerys Evans Plaid Cymru- Party of Wales

67258

31.0

Nicholas Bourne Welsh Conservative Party

49606

22.9