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Neil McEvoy | |
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![]() Official Welsh Assembly portrait, 2016 | |
Leader of Propel | |
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 | |
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 | Cardiff, Wales | 4 April 1970
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.