About Jonathan
Jonathan Evans was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire in 1950. He was educated at 
Lewis School Pengam, Howardian High School, Cardiff and the Law Society's Colleges of Law in Guildford and London.
He trained with solicitors Leo Abse and Cohen in Cardiff from 1968 and joined the firm upon qualification in 1973 rising to Managing Partner in 1987.
Between 1992 and 1997 Jonathan was the Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnor.
Jonathan was appointed Corporate Affairs Minister at the Department of Trade and Industry by Prime Minister John Major. He later went onto be Under Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor.
In 1997, he was appointed Director of Insurance in the City of London office of Eversheds, the major global law firm and remains a consultant to the practice. He has also acted as a consultant on London Insurance market issues to several major North American insurance corporations.
He is a former Deputy Chairman of the Welsh Housing Corporation (Tai Cymru). In 1995 he was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. (FRSA).
Jonathan was a Conservative MEP for Wales for 10 years from 1999 - 2009, He led the Conservative group from 2001 - 2004 and later went on to become President of the European Parliament's deleagtion for relations with the USA.
In September 2007, Jonathan was selected to contest the General Election in the Cardiff North Constituency.
Jonathan is married to Margaret and they have three children - Angharad, Rhianydd and Nicholas. Away from politics, Jonathan is an avid sports fan and holds a season ticket at both Cardiff Blues and Cardiff City.
