Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

from 1931 to 1935, and MP for Penrith and Cockermouth from 1935 to 1950. Dower's brother Eric was also a Conservative MP, while another brother Kenneth was a well-known explorer.Malies, J. (2004) "Gandar-Dower, Kenneth Cecil", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford All used different versions of their surname: Dower, Gandar Dower and Gandar-Dower respectively.

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* 1898 births 1980 deaths UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Place of birth missing Queen's Royal Regiment officers 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers Royal Engineers officers Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War I British Army personnel of World War II Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stockport {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub