2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election

2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election
19 October 2023 (2023-10-19)
Mid Bedfordshire constituency
Turnout44.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
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 12.4 pp 28.7 pp 10.5 pp
MP before election

Nadine Dorries
Conservative

Elected MP

Alistair Strathern
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Mid Bedfordshire was held on 19 October 2023, triggered by the resignation of incumbent Conservative MP Nadine Dorries. Alistair Strathern of the Labour Party won the by-election, marking the first Labour victory in the seat since its creation in 1918.

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 by-election was held on the same day as the 2023 Tamworth by-election, which also resulted in a Labour gain from the Conservatives.

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