1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election

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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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hastings 17,503 45.38 −1.41
Labour Bryan Magee 11,28129.25−6.17
Liberal Wilfred G. Matthews9,55024.76+6.97
New Conservative C. F. H. Gilliard2350.61New
Majority 6,22216.13+4.77
Turnout 38,56971.10
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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