Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Radcliffe
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Heywood, Bury, Bolton, and Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth
Replaced by Heywood and Royton, Bury and Radcliffe, Middleton and Prestwich, and Rossendale

Heywood and Radcliffe was a county constituency centred on the towns of Heywood and Radcliffe in South Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the constituency was created by merging the Heywood constituency and part of the Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth constituency for the 1918 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Albert Illingworth Coalition Liberal
1921 by-election Walter Halls Labour
1922 Abraham England Liberal
1924 Constitutionalist
1929 Liberal
1931 Joseph Jackson Conservative
1935 Richard Porritt Conservative
1940 by-election James Wootton-Davies Conservative
1945 John Whittaker Labour
1946 by-election Tony Greenwood Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Heywood and Royton & Bury and Radcliffe

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Illingworth 1920 Albert Illingworth.jpg
Illingworth
General election 1918: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Albert Illingworth 14,25067.6
Labour Horace Nobbs6,82732.4
Majority7,42335.2
Turnout 21,07752.2
Registered electors 40,383
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Halls 13,430 41.7 +9.3
National Liberal Abraham England 13,12540.7−26.9
Liberal Cornelius Pickstone5,67117.6N/A
Majority3051.0N/A
Turnout 32,22680.9+28.7
Registered electors 39,856
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing +18.1
General election 1922: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Abraham England 19,016 55.4 −12.2
Labour Walter Halls 15,33444.6+12.2
Majority3,68210.8−24.4
Turnout 34,35083.8+31.6
Registered electors 40,968
National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing −12.2
General election 1923: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Abraham England 17,163 52.9 −2.5
Labour Walter Halls 15,27347.1+2.5
Majority1,8905.8−5.0
Turnout 32,43678.3−5.5
Registered electors 41,430
Liberal hold Swing −2.5
General election 1924: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Constitutionalist Abraham England 19,131 55.6 +2.7
Labour Alexander Walkden 15,30744.4−2.7
Majority3,82411.2+5.4
Turnout 22,95581.0+2.7
Registered electors 42,529
Constitutionalist hold Swing +2.7
General election 1929: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Abraham England 22,692 52.2 −3.4
Labour Arthur Creech Jones 20,74547.8+3.4
Majority1,9474.4−6.8
Turnout 43,43779.3−1.7
Registered electors 54,757
Liberal hold Swing −3.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Cooksey Jackson 32,429 71.5 New
Labour James Stott 12,91528.5−19.3
Majority19,51443.0N/A
Turnout 45,34480.7+1.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1935: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Porritt 27,226 60.5 −11.0
Labour Tom McLean 17,79939.5+11.0
Majority9,42721.0−22.0
Turnout 45,02578.2−2.5
Conservative hold Swing -11.0

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Wootton-Davies Unopposed N/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Heywood and Radcliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Edmondson Whittaker 22,601 51.0 +10.5
Conservative James Wootton-Davies 21,70949.0−10.5
Majority8922.0N/A
Turnout 44,31076.4−1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Greenwood 22,238 50.5 −0.5
Conservative Aubrey Jones 21,78649.5+0.5
Majority4521.0−1.0
Turnout 44,02475.6−0.8
Labour hold Swing -0.5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  2. ↑ Manchester Evening News, 4 Jun 1940
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