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UK Parliament - Gower - By-election
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| Office | Parliament |
| Honorific | Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP |
| Type | By-election |
| Filing Deadline | September 01, 1982 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | September 16, 1982 - 01:00am Central |
| Polls Close | September 16, 1982 - 05:00pm Central |
| Term Start | September 17, 1982 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | June 09, 1983 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modified | RBH November 05, 2021 01:55am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
Burns, who claimed to be a member of an organisation called Worker's Army for a Welsh Republic sought election as a Civil Rights/Welsh Political Prisoner candidate. At the time of the election he was in prison on remand from Cardiff Magistrates Court on two charges relating to a bomb explosion at an Army recruitment office in Pontypridd. In December 1982 he was sent for trial at Cardiff Crown Court and the trial commenced on September 13, 1983 and lasted two months. He was found not guilty on one charge and acquitted on the other.
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| LAST GENERAL ELECTION |
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Party | Labour |
Won | 05/03/1979 |
| Name | Ifor Davies |
Votes | 24,963 (53.24%) |
| Term | 05/04/1979 - 06/06/1982 |
Margin | 10,641 (+22.69%) |
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