The

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 ...

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 ...

of 16 September 1982 was held after the death of

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP)

Ifor Davies Ifor Davies (9 June 1910 – 6 June 1982), born Ivor Davies, was a Welsh Labour politician. Davies was born in Gowerton, Swansea, the youngest of the six children of Jeffrey Davies and Elizabeth Jane Thomas. His father was employed in the loca ...

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 The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

recruitment office in

Pontypridd () (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest (). The ...

. 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.Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament
/ref>

Results

References

{{Westminster by-elections in Wales 1950–present Gower by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Elections in Swansea Gower by-election 1980s elections in Wales 20th century in Swansea Gower by-election