Heywood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created from South East Lancashire
Replaced by Heywood and Radcliffe

Heywood was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom which existed between 1885 and 1918. [1] Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918. [2]

Contents

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal. [3]

Boundaries and History

This area had previously been represented as part of the South East Lancashire multi-seat division. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided the former constituency into eight new single-member seats, one of which was designated South-East Lancashire, Heywood Division. [4]

The constituency comprised the Municipal Borough of Heywood, the cotton town of Ramsbottom, and a number of surrounding townships, namely: Ainsworth, Ashworth, Pilkington, Tottington Higher End and the rural part of the parish of Spotland. [5]

The constituency was mostly industrial but it included some agriculture. The town of Heywood was the most Liberal part of the constituency, having an engineering-based economy; Ramsbottom was more marginal politically. The countryside element of the constituency was Conservative inclined. Overall the division was Liberal 1885–1895, Liberal Unionist 1895–1904 and after a change of allegiance by the sitting MP was Liberal again from 1904 until the constituency was abolished in 1918.

The constituency adjoined Westhoughton to the west, Rossendale to the north, Middleton and Rochdale to the east as well as Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Bury, and another part of the Middleton constituency to the south.

The Representation of the People Act 1918 abolished this constituency. The successor seat was Heywood and Radcliffe.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Isaac Hoyle Liberal
1892 Thomas Snape Liberal
1895 George Kemp Liberal Unionist
1904 Liberal
1906 Sir Edward Holden, Bt Liberal
Jan 1910 Harold Thomas Cawley Liberal
1915 by-election Albert Illingworth Liberal
1918 constituency abolished: see Heywood and Radcliffe

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Kenyon James Kenyon.jpg
Kenyon
General election 1885: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Isaac Hoyle 4,538 53.4
Conservative James Kenyon 3,95546.6
Majority5836.8
Turnout 8,49391.6
Registered electors 9,269
Liberal win (new seat)
Lawson Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Knavesmire Lodge.jpg
Lawson
General election 1886: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Isaac Hoyle 4,206 52.8 -0.6
Conservative John Lawson 3,76247.2+0.6
Majority4445.6-1.2
Turnout 7,96886.0-5.6
Registered electors 9,269
Liberal hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Snape 4,366 53.8 +1.0
Liberal Unionist Sir Henry Hayes Lawrence, 2nd Baronet3,74546.2-1.0
Majority6217.6+2.0
Turnout 8,11187.7+1.7
Registered electors 9,251
Liberal hold Swing +1.0
Kemp George Kemp.jpg
Kemp
General election 1895: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist George Kemp 4,489 53.3 +7.1
Liberal Thomas Snape 3,93346.7-7.1
Majority5566.6N/A
Turnout 8,42290.2+2.5
Registered electors 9,334
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist George Kemp 4,657 51.2 −2.1
Liberal Edward Holden 4,43148.8+2.1
Majority2262.4−4.2
Turnout 9,08890.7+0.5
Registered electors 10,022
Liberal Unionist hold Swing -2.1
Holden Edward Holden.jpg
Holden
General election 1906: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Holden 5,351 55.8 +7.0
Liberal Unionist Mervyn Manningham-Buller 4,24544.2−7.0
Majority1,10611.6N/A
Turnout 9,59691.7+1.0
Registered electors 10,463
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1910s

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Cawley
General election January 1910: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Thomas Cawley 5,809 55.0 -0.8
Conservative Mervyn Manningham-Buller 4,75045.0+0.8
Majority1,05910.0-1.6
Turnout 10,55993.1+1.4
Liberal hold Swing -0.8
General election December 1910: Heywood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Thomas Cawley 5,430 53.9 -1.1
Conservative Robert A L Hutchinson4,64146.1+1.1
Majority7897.8-2.2
Turnout 10,07188.8-4.3
Liberal hold Swing -1.1

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Illingworth Albert Holden Illingworth in 1917.jpg
Illingworth
1915 Heywood by-election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Holden Illingworth Unopposed
Liberal hold

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References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832" (PDF). British Library.
  2. ↑ Water-supply Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1931.
  3. ↑ "North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Schedule 7: Counties at Large, Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions, Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (C.23)
  5. ↑ F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 18 May 1914

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