Author Archives: Richard Thomas

Remembering the Brecon & Radnor by-election

B&Rwestmail

30 years ago, in July 1985, Richard Livsey came from third to win a sensational by-election victory for the SDP/Liberal Alliance. In doing so, Richard re-established a Liberal presence in Brecon & Radnor that few had thought possible after a period of gradual decline.

In 1945 the Welsh Liberal party had formed the backbone of British Liberalism – supplying its leader, Montgomeryshire MP Clement Davies, and half the parliamentary party.  By 1979, the representation had been reduced to one – Geraint Howells being the sole survivor in Ceredigion (as we found out last month, history repeats itself; sometimes painfully). He was joined in 1983 by Alex Carlile who reclaimed Montgomeryshire.

Posted in News | Tagged and | 26 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Chloe
    It's not a conductor - it's a fully qualified driver on every DLR train. Driverless it most definitely isn't....
  • Roland
    @Chloe - "Let’s get away from the myth of DLR driverless trains.." Too many years ago I designed computer systems for mass transport systems, the DLR being o...
  • Nonconformistradical
    Quoting from Alex Macfie 3rd Oct '26 - 9:50am "Driverless cars are the ultimate example of this. What if the system breaks down and the passenger is stranded...
  • Joey Vimsante
    I support devolution over changes to the voting system. I support the National devolution for Scotland and Wales. And also devolved regions for England. I t...
  • Jenny Barnes
    The best new cars have a button to turn all that driver "assistance" off. After you have fought the steering because of "lane keeping ", suffered near emergenc...