Delyth Evans
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Delyth Evans born 17 March 1958, Cardiff
was the Labour
National Assembly for Wales
member for Mid and West Wales
2000-03.
) and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
(BA Hons - French)
and HTV
journalist, she worked on the BBC's World at One and PM programmes before becoming an assistant to Gordon Brown
MP in 1992. and policy adviser and speechwriter to the former Labour leader John Smith
, 1992–1994, having joined the Labour Party in 1984. Evans is also a former special adviser to Alun Michael
.
AM MP (she was second on the Labour list for that region) and was appointed Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture & the Environment October 2000-03. Evans stood down at the 2003 election.
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
was the Labour
Wales Labour Party
Welsh Labour is the part of the United Kingdom Labour Party that operates in Wales. Labour is the largest and most successful political party in modern Welsh politics, having won the largest share of the vote at every UK General Election since 1922, every Welsh Assembly election since 1999, and...
National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
member for Mid and West Wales
Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
Mid and West Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects twelve members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members...
2000-03.
Education
She attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen (near PontypriddPontypridd
Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...
) and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University is a university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.The university was founded in 1872 as...
(BA Hons - French)
Professional career
A former management consultant and BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and HTV
HTV
HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...
journalist, she worked on the BBC's World at One and PM programmes before becoming an assistant to Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
MP in 1992. and policy adviser and speechwriter to the former Labour leader John Smith
John Smith (UK politician)
John Smith was a British Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994...
, 1992–1994, having joined the Labour Party in 1984. Evans is also a former special adviser to Alun Michael
Alun Michael
Alun Edward Michael is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987. He was formerly First Minister of Wales and leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 1999 to 2000.-Education:Michael was born at Bryngwran Anglesey, son of...
.
Political career
She became the Assembly Member on the Mid & West Wales regional list when the seat was vacated by The Rt Hon Alun MichaelAlun Michael
Alun Edward Michael is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987. He was formerly First Minister of Wales and leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 1999 to 2000.-Education:Michael was born at Bryngwran Anglesey, son of...
AM MP (she was second on the Labour list for that region) and was appointed Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture & the Environment October 2000-03. Evans stood down at the 2003 election.