Sir Herbert Keith Speed RD DL (11 March 1934 – 12 January 2018) was a British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament.

[5] After unsuccessfully contesting St Helens in 1964, Speed was elected MP for Meriden in Warwickshire in a 1968 by-election and held the seat until 1974.

This was because he was unable to accept the reductions in the strength of the Royal Navy proposed by Thatcher and then Secretary of State for Defence, John Nott.

With typical service humour, a Royal Navy saying of the time was the fictitious order "Less (K)notts, more Speed!".

As of April 2005, Sir Keith Speed was a Deputy Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Kent, and Vice President of the Maritime Volunteer Service.