2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election

2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election
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Mid Bedfordshire constituency
Turnout44.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
Candidate Alistair Strathern Festus Akinbusoye Emma Holland-Lindsay
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 13,872 12,680 9,420
Percentage 34.1% 31.1% 23.1%
Swing Increase12.4 pp Decrease28.7 pp Increase10.5 pp
Boundary of the Mid Bedfordshire constituency in Bedfordshire
MP before election

Nadine Dorries
Conservative

Elected MP

Alistair Strathern
Labour

A by-election took place on 19 October 2023 in the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Mid Bedfordshire. It took place on the same day as the 2023 Tamworth by-election.

The seat became vacant following the resignation of the sitting Conservative MP, Nadine Dorries. On 9 June 2023, Dorries announced that she was standing down from the seat "with immediate effect". She then delayed her formal process of resignation until 29 August.

The election was won by Alistair Strathern of the Labour Party, the first Labour victory in the seat since its creation in 1918. The turnout was 44%.[1]

  1. ^ Blewett, Sam (20 October 2023). "Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2023.