The 1888 Gower by-election was a parliamentary

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

held for the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...

constituency of

Gower Gower ( cy, Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula () in southwest Wales, projects towards the Bristol Channel. It is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan. In 1956, the majority of Gower became the first area in the United Kingdom ...

in South Wales in 1888.

Vacancy

The vacancy resulted from the death of the sitting member,

Frank Ash Yeo Frank Ash Yeo (18 August 1832 – 4 March 1888) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician. Yeo was born at Bideford, Devon, the son of Thomas Yeo and his wife Elizabeth Woollacott. He was educated at Bideford School, and in Germany an ...

, who had held the seat since it was formed in 1885.

The Result

David Randell David Randell (1854 – 5 June 1912), was a Welsh solicitor and a radical Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Gower from 1888 to 1900. Background Randell was born the second son of John Randell of Llanelly and Mary Jo ...

was elected by a small majority, defeating the Conservative landowner, John Dillwyn-Llewellyn.

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Vacancy

The Result

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