2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election
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.
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Mid Bedfordshire constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boundary of the Mid Bedfordshire constituency in Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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%.
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