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News Archive 2007

31/08/2007

Jonathan Evans to fight Cardiff North seat

Jonathan Evans has been selected to fight the highly marginal seat of Cardiff North at the next general election.

He comfortably defeated his only remaining rival, businesswoman and Herefordshire councillor Kay Swinburne, in an “open primary” contest on Thursday 30 August.

Under new procedures introduced by David Cameron, all registered electors living in Cardiff North were entitled to vote in the selection contest.

Mr Evans, a former Minister who was MP for Brecon and Radnor from 1992 to 1997, has been an MEP since 1999. Cardiff North is held by Julie Morgan, Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan's wife, by a slender Labour majority of just over 1000.

But the seat was won for the Conservatives in this year’s National Assembly election by Tory AM Jonathan Morgan with a majority of 4,844.

Mr Evans said:“I’m delighted and very honoured to have been given the opportunity to seek election as MP for the part of Wales I know the best.

“It’s where I went to school and spent most of my career as a lawyer before being elected to Parliament in 1992.”

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