Neil McEvoy

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Neil McEvoy
Official Welsh Assembly portrait, 2016
Leader of Propel
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 January 2020
Preceded by	Party established
Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central
In office 5 May 2016 – 29 April 2021
Preceded by	Leanne Wood
Succeeded by	Heledd Fychan
Cardiff Councillor for Fairwater
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2008
Preceded by	Michael Costas-Michael
Deputy Leader of Cardiff Council
In office 16 May 2008 – 3 May 2012 Serving with Judith Woodman[1]
Cardiff Councillor for Riverside
In office 6 May 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded by	J. Singh
Succeeded by	J. Austin
Personal details
Born	(1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 (age 54) Cardiff, Wales
Political party	Propel (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Independent (2018–2020) Plaid Cymru (2003–2018) Labour (until 2003)
Spouse	Ceri McEvoy
Children	1 daughter
Profession	Politician
Website	neilmcevoy.wales

Neil John McEvoy (born 1970) is a Welsh nationalist politician, serving as leader of Propel since 2020, and as a Cardiff Councillor for the Fairwater ward since 2008.

Additionally, McEvoy was a Member of the Senedd (MS) for the South Wales central region from 2016 to 2021.

He was elected to the Senedd, then known as the Welsh Assembly, on the Plaid Cymru regional list, under the Additional Member System, and later sat as an independent. In February 2020, he announced that he was forming a new political party, the Welsh National Party, later renamed as Propel.