1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election

The 1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election was held on 16 November 1960 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Alan Lennox-Boyd became an hereditary peer. It was won by the Conservative candidate Stephen Hastings.

Lennox-Boyd had held the seat in 1959 with a majority of 5,174 votes of the Labour Party's Bryan Magee. At the by-election Magee was again the Labour candidate, while the Liberals also fielded their 1959 candidate, W. G. Matthews.[1]

Mid Bedfordshire by-election, 1960[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hastings 17,503 45.38 −1.41
Labour Bryan Magee 11,281 29.25 −6.17
Liberal Wilfred G. Matthews 9,550 24.76 +6.97
New Conservative C. F. H. Gilliard 235 0.61 New
Majority 6,222 16.13 +4.77
Turnout 38,569 71.10
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 324. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
  2. ^ "1960 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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