Mid Bedfordshire by-election, 1960
The 1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election was held on 16 November 1960 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Alan Lennox-Boyd became an hereditary peer. It was won by the Conservative candidate Stephen Hastings.
| Mid Bedfordshire by-election, 1960 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Lewis Edmonstone Hastings | 17,503 | 45.4 | ||
| Labour | Bryan Edgar Magee | 11,281 | 29.2 | ||
| Liberal | Wilfred G. Matthews | 9,550 | 24.8 | ||
| New Conservative | C. F. H. Gilliard | 235 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 6,222 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,569 | 71.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||