Who's who in the Ceredigion Liberal Democrats
Mark Williams came to Aberystwyth as a student and stayed.
He is widely known throughout the area for his many community activities and campaigning: supporting farmers, fighting closures of school and libraries, calling out council plans for removing parking spaces, and much more. He's the regional president for the Royal British Legion.
He was MP for Ceredigion Penfro from 2005 to 2017. He fought the seat again in the 2024 election and came second.
He is now deputy head of Llangors school in Powys. He and his wife Helen live in Borth.
Sandra Jervis is a small business owner, who runs Creative Cove stationery shop in Lampeter, where she has lived for 20 years. She has three children with her husband Paul, and has a record of campaigning in the area, including fighting plans to relocate Lampeter Library.
She is the lead candidate for Ceredigion Penfro in the senedd elections in May 2026.
She has a Facebook page
Alistair Cameron joined the Liberal Party in 1984. He was a Cheltenham Borough Councillor between 1986 and 1998 and a Gloucestershire County Councillor between 2000 and 2005. He has also been a Parliamentary, Senedd and European Parliamentary Candidate.
In 2025 he was chosen by local party members as a Lib Dem candidate for the Senedd Elections in 2026.
Alistair was elected as Pembrokeshire County Councillor for Kilgetty and Begelly in 2022. He is Chair of Pembrokeshire Liberal Democrats and ALDC Cymru.
Alistair has worked in Human Resources and as a teacher at a further education college. He currently serves as a school governor at a primary and a secondary school in Pembrokeshire.
Raymond “Truck” Evans is councillor for Llanfarian, which he won in a by-election in 2023.
Gareth Lewis is the councillor for Tirymynach, which he won in a byelection in 2024
Meirion Davies is the councillor for Ystwyth. Meirion has spent his life in the ward he now represents and lives on the family farm with his wife and two children.
Elizabeth Evans is councillor for Aberaeron and Aberarth, and leads the Liberal Democrat group on Ceredigion Council.
She is on Facebook
Elaine Evans is councillor for the Aberteifi:Teifi ward
Sian Maerhlein is councillor for Aberteifi: Mwldan
Mair Benjamin is an Aberystwyth town councillor, for Rheidol ward.
She's an active campaigner on issues in the town, particularly the need for a sensible parking policy for local residents.
See her Facebook page
Bryony Davies is a member for Penparcau on Aberystwyth Town Council
See her Facebook page
Josh Rutty has just graduated from Aberystwyth University where he was President of thr Young Liberals, as well as co-chair of the Welsh Young Liberals.
Then on 31st July, back in his home patch of North Devon, he beat off a strong challenge from Reform to win the by-election to Barnstaple with Westacott for the Lib Dems.
Professor Mike Woods is chair of the Ceredigion Liberal Democrats
He has been the Liberal Democrat agent in Ceredigion in several elections since 1999 and is a former chair of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Policy Committee.
Professionally, Mike is a Professor of Human Geography at Aberystwyth University, where he has worked since 1996. He specialises in research on rural development and rural politics.
Roger Barlow retired to Llandre in 2022 after a university career at Manchester and Huddersfield, and he is still active in particle physics research. at CERN.
Before moving to Ceredigion (his wife Ann comes from West Wales) he was an active Liberal Democrat in the North West of England, and stood (unsuccessfully) for Parliament on three occasions, but his greatest success was in Tatton in 1997 when, by standing down, he enabled the independent Martin Bell to defeat the incumbent Neil (brown envelopes) Hamilton.
Today in the Ceredigion Liberal Democrats he is responsible for this website - so if you have complaints or comments, he is the person to contact, on hello@ceredigionlibdems.org.uk
