1992 in Wales - Events

Events

  • Wales play England at women's rugby at Cardiff Arms Park for the first time.
  • 9 April - In the UK General Election:
    • Long-serving Liberal MP Geraint Howells unexpectedly loses the seat of Ceredigion and Pembroke North to Plaid Cymru. He is elevated to the peerage as Baron Geraint of Ponterwyd.
    • Plaid Cymru's new MP, Cynog Dafis, is helped by an electoral alliance between Plaid and the Wales Green Party.
    • Nick Ainger wins Pembroke for Labour from the Conservatives.
    • Merlyn Rees retires from the House of Commons.
    • Llew Smith replaces the retiring Michael Foot as MP for Blaenau Gwent.
  • Following his retirement at the election, Sir Geoffrey Howe becomes a life peer as Lord Howe of Aberavon.
  • 1 May-4 October - The Ebbw Vale Garden Festival, the last garden festival held in the UK.
  • 18 July - Neil Kinnock resigns the leadership of the Labour Party.
  • 26 August - Five people are killed in a speedboat accident off Llandudno.
  • December - One-off stage performance of An Evening with Dylan Thomas takes place to mark the opening of the new AIR Studios.
  • The Passport Office agrees to process passport applications in the Welsh language.
  • The Polytechnic of Wales becomes the University of Glamorgan.
  • The Chwarae Teg organisation is launched to improve work opportunities for women in Wales by assisting with childcare.

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