Nigel Evans: one of Westminster's longest serving MPs During his time in Parliament, Mr Evans served as a ministerial aide to Lord Hunt, a former Employment Secretary, Sir Tony Baldry, an agriculture minister, and William Hague, when the Foreign Secretary was then Welsh Secretary. He later led the Conservative Party's general election campaign in Wales, before becoming shadow Secretary of State for Wales in 2001. The MP has in the past spoken movingly about his struggle to come to terms with being gay. He came out in 2010, saying he could not live a lie any longer. Around that time, he also confessed to feeling regret that he supported Section 28, the law introduced by the Thatcher government banning local authorities from promoting homosexuality. At the time, he said: "I was confused about how to protect youngsters at school.