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1982 Gower by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1982 Gower by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Gower
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%
candidate2	Gwynoro Jones
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%
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Ifor Davies
before_party	Welsh Labour
after_election	Gareth Wardell
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.

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.

Result

|reg. electors = 60,123

References

"Gower by-election result".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20000609021725/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1979.html Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament]

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