Heywood and Royton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Heywood and Royton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Heywood and Radcliffe and Royton[1] |
Replaced by | Littleborough & Saddleworth, Heywood & Middleton, Oldham Central & Royton, Rossendale & Darwen and Rochdale[2] |
Heywood and Royton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Heywood and Royton districts in the north-west of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when its territory was largely divided between the new constituencies of Heywood & Middleton and Oldham Central & Royton.
Boundaries[edit]
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The Borough of Heywood, and the Urban Districts of Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Royton, Wardle, and Whitworth.
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Harold Sutcliffe | Conservative | |
1955 | Tony Leavey | ||
1964 | Joel Barnett | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton & Oldham Central and Royton |
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 23,518 | 44.04 | ||
Labour | Charles J Hurley | 21,482 | 40.23 | ||
Liberal | William Hibbert Watkinson | 8,404 | 15.74 | ||
Majority | 2,036 | 3.81 | |||
Turnout | 87.98 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 28,086 | 53.84 | ||
Labour | Charles J Hurley | 24,083 | 46.16 | ||
Majority | 4,003 | 7.67 | |||
Turnout | 85.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Leavey | 25,824 | 53.31 | ||
Labour | Alan Lever Tillotson | 22,614 | 46.69 | ||
Majority | 3,210 | 6.63 | |||
Turnout | 81.82 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Leavey | 19,742 | 40.25 | ||
Labour | Harry Nevin | 17,588 | 35.86 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson | 11,713 | 23.88 | ||
Majority | 2,154 | 4.39 | |||
Turnout | 84.75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joel Barnett | 20,174 | 40.80 | ||
Conservative | Tony Leavey | 19,358 | 39.15 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Eric Critchley | 9,914 | 20.05 | ||
Majority | 816 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 82.78 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Barnett | 24,701 | 48.93 | ||
Conservative | David Waddington | 19,048 | 37.73 | ||
Liberal | James Clarney | 6,732 | 13.34 | ||
Majority | 5,653 | 11.20 | |||
Turnout | 79.58 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Barnett | 25,081 | 45.70 | ||
Conservative | Ian MacGregor | 24,178 | 44.06 | ||
Liberal | Francis Joseph Beetham | 5,620 | 10.24 | ||
Majority | 903 | 1.65 | |||
Turnout | 76.13 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Barnett | 28,216 | 44.32 | ||
Conservative | Ian MacGregor | 21,054 | 33.07 | ||
Liberal | Viv Bingham | 14,392 | 22.61 | ||
Majority | 7,162 | 11.25 | |||
Turnout | 82.62 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Barnett | 27,206 | 45.74 | ||
Conservative | Peter Morgan | 19,307 | 32.46 | ||
Liberal | Viv Bingham | 12,969 | 21.80 | ||
Majority | 7,899 | 13.28 | |||
Turnout | 76.55 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Barnett | 28,489 | 45.24 | ||
Conservative | Peter Morgan | 26,202 | 41.61 | ||
Liberal | M Hewitt | 7,644 | 12.14 | ||
National Front | R Marsh | 641 | 1.02 | ||
Majority | 2,287 | 3.63 | |||
Turnout | 76.61 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- ^ a b c d "'Heywood and Royton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
- Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
- Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
- Heywood, Greater Manchester