Nerys Evans

Nerys Evans

Member of the Welsh Assembly for Mid and West Wales Region
In office 3 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Helen Mary Jones
Succeeded by	Simon Thomas
Personal details
Born	1980 (age 36–37) Llangain, Wales
Political party	Plaid Cymru
Alma mater	University of Manchester, Cardiff University

(Elizabeth Gwendoline) Nerys Evans (born 1980) is a Welsh politician. She was a member of the National Assembly for Wales representing Plaid Cymru in the Mid and West Wales 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.

Evans was born in Llangain near Carmarthen. She was educated at Manchester University where she obtained a BA in Government and Political Theory, followed by Cardiff University where she was awarded a MSc in Welsh Politics in 2004.

She became an organiser for Plaid Cymru in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and worked as press officer for the Plaid Cymru group on Carmarthenshire County Council. More recently she worked as a Political Officer for Plaid Cymru in the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff.

In 2006 Nerys was chosen to head the Plaid Cymru list in Mid and West Wales for the 2007 Assembly election. On election day she took the seat vacated by Helen Mary Jones, who succeeded in winning the Llanelli constituency.