Heywood and Royton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Royton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seatsone
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.

Contents

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

Heywood and Royton in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83 HeywoodRoyton1974Constituency.svg
Heywood and Royton in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–83

The Borough of Heywood, and the Urban Districts of Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Royton, Wardle, and Whitworth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Sir Harold Sutcliffe Conservative
1955 Tony Leavey
1964 Joel Barnett Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton & Oldham Central and Royton

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Sutcliffe 23,518 44.04
Labour Charles J Hurley21,48240.23
Liberal William Hibbert Watkinson8,40415.74
Majority 2,0363.81
Turnout 53,40487.98
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Sutcliffe 28,086 53.84
Labour Charles J Hurley24,08346.16
Majority 4,0037.67
Turnout 52,16985.08
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Leavey 25,824 53.31
Labour Alan Lever Tillotson22,61446.69
Majority 3,2106.63
Turnout 48,43881.82
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Leavey 19,742 40.25
Labour Harry Nevin17,58835.86
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson11,71323.88N/A
Majority 2,1544.39
Turnout 49,04384.75
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 20,174 40.80
Conservative Tony Leavey 19,35839.15
Liberal Wilfred Eric Critchley9,91420.05
Majority 8161.65N/A
Turnout 49,44682.78
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1966: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 24,701 48.93
Conservative David Waddington 19,04837.73
Liberal James Clarney6,73213.34
Majority 5,65311.20
Turnout 50,48179.58
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Heywood and Royton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 25,081 45.70
Conservative Ian MacGregor24,17844.06
Liberal Francis Joseph Beetham5,62010.24
Majority 9031.65
Turnout 54,87976.13
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Heywood and Royton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 28,216 44.32
Conservative Ian MacGregor21,05433.07
Liberal Viv Bingham 14,39222.61
Majority 7,16211.25
Turnout 63,66282.62
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Heywood and Royton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 27,206 45.74
Conservative Peter Morgan19,30732.46
Liberal Viv Bingham 12,96921.80
Majority 7,89913.28
Turnout 59,48276.55
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Heywood and Royton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Barnett 28,489 45.24
Conservative Peter Morgan26,20241.61
Liberal M Hewitt7,64412.14
National Front R Marsh6411.02N/A
Majority 2,2873.63
Turnout 62,97676.61
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0-900178-09-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "'Heywood and Royton', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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