Election Name: | 1982 Gower by-election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1979 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1979 |
Election Date: | 16 Sep 1982 |
Candidate1: | Gareth Wardell |
Party1: | Welsh Labour |
Popular Vote1: | 17,095 |
Percentage1: | 43.5% |
Swing1: | 9.7 |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 9,875 |
Percentage2: | 25.1 |
Swing2: | 16.1% |
Candidate4: | Trefor Llewellyn |
Party4: | Welsh Conservatives |
Popular Vote4: | 8,690 |
Percentage4: | 22.1 |
Swing4: | 8.5% |
Candidate5: | Ieuan Owen |
Party5: | Plaid Cymru |
Popular Vote5: | 3,431 |
Percentage5: | 8.7 |
Swing5: | 1.5% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Party: | Welsh Labour |
After Party: | Welsh Labour |
Turnout: | 65.4% (15.4%) |
Next Election: | 1983 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 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.[1]
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.[2]