1982 Gower by-election

UK parliamentary by-election May 2021 March 2022 1982 Gower by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Gower no 1979 United Kingdom general election 1979 16 Sep 1982 Gareth Wardell Welsh Labour 17,095 43.5% 9.7% Gwynoro Jones Social Democratic Party (UK) 9,875 25.1% 16.1% Trefor Llewellyn Welsh Conservatives 8,690 22.1% 8.5% Ieuan Owen Plaid Cymru 3,431 8.7% 1.5% MP Subsequent MP Ifor Davies Welsh Labour Gareth Wardell Welsh Labour 65.4% (15.4%) 1983 United Kingdom general election 1983 The 1982 Gower by-election of 16 September 1982 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ifor Davies on 6 June 1982. The seat was held by Labour in the by-election.http://by-elections.co.uk/gower82.html Gower by-election result 27 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034242/http://by-elections.co.uk/gower82.html 14 March 2012 dead dmy-all Amongst the candidates was David Burns who at the time was being held on remand over charges relating to the bombing of a British Army recruitment office in Pontypridd. A self-declared member of the 'Worker's Army for a Welsh Republic', Burns was ultimately released in 1983 after neither of the two charges were made to stand up.Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament Result 1982 Gower by-election Welsh Labour Gareth Wardell 17,095 43.5 -9.7 Social Democratic Party (UK) Gwynoro Jones 9,875 25.1 +16.1 Welsh Conservatives Trefor Llewellyn 8,690 22.1 -8.5 Plaid Cymru Ieuan Owen 3,431 8.7 +1.5 Computer Democrat John Donovan 125 0.3 N/A Civil Rights/Welsh Political Prisoner David Burns 103 0.3 N/A 7,220 18.4 -4.2 39,319 65.4 -15.4 60,123 Welsh Labour +0.7 References Gower by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:Elections in Swansea Gower by-election Category:1980s elections in Wales Category:20th century in Swansea Gower by-election