[1] She represented Caerau, a ward in west Cardiff in a traditionally Labour area.
[2] She made her mark in the early 1990s raising concerns about Cardiff's social services provision.
[4] In October 2004 the Lord Mayor pulled out of a gala dinner in protest because of the invitation of a homophobic Christian evangelist Luis Palau.
[2] At the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in 2006 Gasson (then age 68) spoke about her personal experience as a victim of rape 40 years earlier.
[7] In the May 2012 local government elections, Gasson lost her council seat, after 24 years service.