1982 Gower by-election

1982 Gower by-election
16 Sep 1982
Constituency of Gower
Turnout65.4% (15.4%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Gareth Wardell Gwynoro Jones
Party Labour SDP
Popular vote 17,095 9,875
Percentage 43.5% 25.1
Swing 9.7 16.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Trefor Llewellyn Ieuan Owen
Party Conservative Plaid Cymru
Popular vote 8,690 3,431
Percentage 22.1 8.7
Swing 8.5% 1.5%
MP before election

Ifor Davies
Labour

 Subsequent MP

Gareth Wardell
Labour

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.

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