1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election

UK Parliamentary 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.

Mid Bedfordshire by-election, 1960
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

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

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