15 Facts About Jill Evans

Jill Evans was born on 8 May 1959 and is a Plaid Cymru politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Wales from 1999 to 2020.

Jill Evans was the first person to use the Welsh language in debate at the European Parliament.

In June 1999, Evans was elected as one of the first Plaid Cymru MEPs, and was re-elected every five years until the last occasion in 2019.

Jill Evans deputised on the Transport and Tourism Committee and was a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Jill Evans worked as a research assistant at the former Polytechnic of Wales.

Jill Evans later worked as public affairs officer for the National Federation of Women's Institutes in Wales for six years.

Jill Evans was a political activist before being elected to public office, and participated in the Greenham Common campaign.

Jill Evans first stood in Torfaen in the general election of 1987.

Jill Evans was later elected to Rhondda Borough Council in 1992, Mid Glamorgan County Council in 1993, and, following the abolition of these, to the Rhondda Cynon Taf Council in 1995, from which she stood down in 1999.

Jill Evans was Chair of Plaid Cymru between 1994 and 1996.

Jill Evans was re-elected in 2004,2009,2014 and 2019.

Jill Evans deputised on the Delegation for Relations with the Palestine Legislative Council.

Jill Evans was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Delegation for relations with Iraq.

Jill Evans was a member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee, and the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Jill Evans is a former President of Plaid Cymru, and was the Chair of CND Cymru from 2001 to 2011.