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 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 plans to relocate Lampeter Library.
She is the lead candidate for Ceredion Sir Benfro in the senedd elections in May 2026.
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 part 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. He was born in Blaenau Ffestiniog. He taught French and Italian in Rhydfelen, Llanharri and Penweddig Secondary Schools. He also spent two years at Brest University, Brittany where he taught Welsh and English before moving to work as a lecturer in the Education Department of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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 Teifi ward
Sian Maerhlein is councillor for 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.
Professor Mike Woods is chair of the Ceredigion Liberal Democrats
He joined Aberystwyth university in 1996, and has risen to become a professor. He was elected an honorary Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2025.
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
