In September 2012, despite Plaid's decision not to put forward any candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner elections, McEvoy said that he wanted to stand for the PCC for South Wales Police [REF].
McEvoy also stood as a constituency candidate for Cardiff West in the 2016 Assembly election, increasing Plaid Cymru's vote by 11.9% and reducing Mark Drakeford (Labour)'s majority to 1,176 votes,[REF] from 5,901 in 2011 and beating the Conservatives to second place [REF].