1982 Gower by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
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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]
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16 Sep 1982
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Constituency of Gower | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 65.4% ( 15.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Gareth Wardell | 17,095 | 43.5 | −9.7 | |
| SDP | Gwynoro Jones | 9,875 | 25.1 | +16.1 | |
| Conservative | 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 | |
| Majority | 7,220 | 18.4 | −4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 39,319 | 65.4 | −15.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 60,123 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||