Ioan Lyonel Evans was a British

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 politician

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. He served as a Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 until his death.

Early life

Born in Llanelli

Llanelli

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, Evans was educated at Llanelli Grammar School and Swansea University College. He served on the West Bromwich

West Bromwich

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 education committee and acted as the Labour agent for the general elections in 1955

United Kingdom general election, 1955

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 and 1959

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 in the Birmingham Small Heath

Birmingham Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency. He was secretary of Birmingham

Birmingham

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 and District Co-operative Party.

Career

Evans was first elected to Parliament in the 1964 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1964

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 for the constituency of Birmingham Yardley. From 2 May 1966 to 26 September 1966, Evans was a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

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. From 1968 to 1970 he was Comptroller of the Household

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 in the Wilson

Harold Wilson

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 Government. Evans lost his seat in the 1970 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1970

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 to Conservative

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 Derek Coombs

Derek Coombs

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.

Evans re-entered Parliament in the February 1974 general election

United Kingdom general election, February 1974

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 for the Welsh

Wales

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 seat of Aberdare

Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)

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. This seat was abolished in 1983

United Kingdom general election, 1983

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, and Evans was elected for the new Cynon Valley

Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency. He died the following year, aged 56, in Hillingdon

Hillingdon

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, and a by-election

Cynon Valley by-election, 1984

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was held to replace him.

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