THE COMPLAINTS DETERMINED BY THE PLAID PANEL:

Complaint one - Plaid chief executive Gareth Clubb

Plaid rules say there should be confidentiality about any complaint proceedings until they are concluded.

Mr Clubb’s complaint lists a number of occasions he says there were breaches, that included calling a press conference after being contacted by WalesOnline in relation to complaints made against him.

At that, the names of the complainants and their complaints were made public, causing “great distress” and “harassment online”. McEvoy’s appeal: He said that the panel would be unable to make “reach an objective conclusion” because they were a member of the NEC.

Decision: Original suspension was for 12 months, reduced to eight months on appeal

Complaint two - Indentity of complainant has not been made public

The complaint centred around the use of social media by Mr McEvoy including publishing salaries of housing association bosses on paper where “Assembly Restricted” can be read.

Other comments included McEvoy’s call to “get rid” of ombudsmen and about his disciplinary hearing by the Adjudication Panel for Wales.

McEvoy’s appeal: He had said that as he had never received a first written warning, he should not have been given a final written warning. Decision: Reduced from final to first written warning

Complaint three - Party chairman Alun Ffred Jones

The complaint was that Mr McEvoy failed to adhere to an order not to refer to his suspension as a councillor during a speech the following day at party conference in Newport. Mr Jones had also asked Mr McEvoy to stop a rally outside conference, but he said his staff, not him were responsible for organising it.

Mr Jones asked for nothing which would “draw attention” to the complaint to take place, but it did.

McEvoy’s complaint: He claimed that Mr Jones was involved in his disciplinary hearings. Decision: The panel found “no evidence” of that but reduced his expulsion from 18 months to 12 months

It said: “The appeal panel did have some sympathy with your submission that the rally would have been hard to stop by you given the timings involved.

“The appeal panel however agreed with the disciplinary panel that your decision to include comments in your conference speech in respect of the tribunal decision where you had been found guilty of bullying, despite being asked to desist from doing so by Mr Jones, to be very serious indeed.”