The election for the Gower Division of Glamorganshire resulted on
Wednesday in the success of the Gladstonian can- didate by an enormously reduced majority. In 1885, Mr. Yeo (the late Member) was elected by 5,560 votes, against only 2,103 given for Mr. Miers, the Conservative candidate,— majority, 3,457. In other words, the majority was more than 2i to 1; but then, Mr. Yeo was popular and Mr. Miers com- paratively little known. On Wednesday, the Conservative candidate was Mr. Llewellyn, one of the most popular squires in the Gower Division of Glamorganshire ; while the middle- class Liberals, who would have much preferred either Mr. Burnie or Sir Horace Davey for their candidate, were sulky at having Mr. Randall forced upon them by the tin-plate workers. T,he consequence is that many of them voted for Mr. Llewellyn, and not a few stayed away. The result was that Mr. Randall received 3,964 votes, against 3,353 for Mr. Llewellyn,—majority, 606. Evidently personal considerations greatly outweighed political considerations in this contest.
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