Jonathan Evans (politician)

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Jonathan Evans MEP
Jonathan Evans (politician)

Constituency Cardiff North

Incumbent
Assumed office 
1999
Preceded by (new constituency)

Member of Parliament
for Brecon and Radnorshire
In office
1992 – 1997
Preceded by Richard Livsey
Succeeded by Richard Livsey

Born June 2, 1950 (1950-06-02) (age 58)
Flag of Wales Tredegar, Wales
Political party Conservative Party

Jonathan Peter Evans (born June 2, 1950 in Tredegar) is a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. A former Member of Parliament (MP), he is now a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales.

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[edit] Background

Educated at Lewis School Pengam; Howardian High School, Cardiff; and the Law Society's College of Law in Guildford and London.

[edit] Career

He trained with solicitors Leo Abse and Cohen in Cardiff from 1968 and joined the firm upon qualification in 1973 rising to Managing Partner in 1987. In 1997, he was appointed Director of Insurance in the City of London office of Eversheds, the major global law firm and remains a consultant to the practice. He has also acted as a consultant on London Insurance market issues to several major North American insurance corporations.

He is a former Deputy Chairman of the Welsh Housing Corporation (Tai Cymru). In 1995 he was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. (FRSA).

[edit] Political career

[edit] UK Parliament

He contested the 1987 general election in the marginal Brecon and Radnorshire constituency, but lost by 56 votes to the sitting Liberal MP Richard Livsey.[1]

At the 1992 general election, he defeated Livsey (who was now a Liberal Democrat) by 130 votes[2] and took his seat in the House of Commons. He was a junior minister in the John Major government, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor; Corporate Affairs Minister at the Department of Trade and Industry; and then serving under William Hague as Under Secretary of State for Wales from 1996 to 1997. However, at the 1997 general election Livsey retook the seat with a majority of over 5,000. [3].

[edit] European Parliament

At the European Parliament election, 1999, Evans was elected as MEP for Wales in 1999, and he was re-elected at the 2004 Euro-elections. He was Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament from 2001 until 2004.

In August 2007, Evans was selected to fight the highly marginal seat of Cardiff North at the next general election.

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] UK general elections, June 1987
  2. ^ [2] UK general elections, April 1992
  3. ^ [3] Election results 1997-2001

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[edit] Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Livsey
Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire
19921997
Succeeded by
Richard Livsey
European Parliament
Preceded by
(new constituency)
Member of European Parliament for Wales
1999present
Incumbent
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