Background
Evans was born into a miner"s family in 1914.
Evans was born into a miner"s family in 1914.
He was educated at both primary and grammar schools at Bargoed and went on to study at the University College of Wales Cardiff.
Evans was head of the English Department at Bargoed Grammar School (1937–1949), headmaster of Bedlinog Secondary School (1949–1966), and headmaster of Lewis Boys Grammar School in Pengam (1966–1968). Evans was Agent to the Ness Edwards, (then Member of Parliament for Caerphilly), and a Councillor on Gelligaer Urban District Council 1948-1951. He contested unsuccessfully for the Labour Party the Leominster division of Herefordshire in 1955 and the Stroud division of Gloucestershire in 1959.
He sat as Member of Parliament (Labour) for the Caerphilly division of Glamorganshire from 1968 until 1979 when he retired.
He died in 1987 aged 73.
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Evans was Member of Parliament for Caerphilly from a 1968 by-election until 1979, when he retired.