Delyth Evans

Delyth Evans
Official portrait, 2000
Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture and Environment[a]
In office 24 July 2000 – 1 May 2003
First Minister	Rhodri Morgan[b]
Preceded by	Carwyn Jones
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales
In office 1 May 2000 – 1 May 2003 Serving with Nick Bourne, Glyn Davies and Cynog Dafis
Preceded by	Alun Michael
Succeeded by	Lisa Francis
Personal details
Born	(1958-03-17) 17 March 1958 (age 66) Cardiff, Wales
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Ed Richards
Children	2
Alma mater	University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (BA Hons)
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Margaret Delyth Evans (born 17 March 1958) is a Welsh former politician who served as Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, Culture and Environment in the National Assembly for Wales from 2000 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party, she was Assembly Member (AM) for Mid and West Wales from 2000 to 2003.

Evans was born in Cardiff, Wales. She was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Prior to her career in politics, she was a journalist and a management consultant, working for the BBC, ITN, HTV Wales and Sky News. She joined the Labour Party in 1984 where she later became a policy adviser for the Labour leader John Smith from 1992 to 1994, working on policy for the shadow cabinet. In 1999, she became a special adviser to Alun Michael, the first secretary of Wales, and the Welsh Cabinet.

At the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election, Evans was Labour's second candidate on the party list for Mid and West Wales, behind Michael. Michael was elected to represent Labour for the seat, but he resigned from the assembly in 2000. As Labour's second candidate, Evans automatically succeeded him as AM for Mid and West Wales. She was appointed to the administration of Rhodri Morgan as Deputy Secretary for Agriculture, Local Government and Environment in July 2000. In this role, she announced a review into assembly grants for tree planting.

Evans stepped down from the assembly at the 2003 assembly election to spend more time with her children. Since then, she has been the executive director of Dress For Success. She also stood as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for the House of Commons constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire at the 2015 general election, losing to Conservative Member of Parliament Simon Hart.
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