Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
Heywood and Radcliffe | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Heywood and Royton, Bury and Radcliffe, Middleton and Prestwich, and Rossendale |
Created from | Heywood, Bury, Bolton, and Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth |
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.
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[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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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[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Albert Illingworth | 14,250 | 67.6 | |
Labour | Horace Nobbs | 6,827 | 32.4 | ||
Majority | 7,423 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,077 | 52.2 | |||
Registered electors | 40,383 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Halls | 13,430 | 41.7 | +9.3 | |
National Liberal | Abraham England | 13,125 | 40.7 | −26.9 | |
Liberal | Cornelius Pickstone | 5,671 | 17.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 305 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,226 | 80.9 | +28.7 | ||
Registered electors | 39,856 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Abraham England | 19,016 | 55.4 | −12.2 | |
Labour | Walter Halls | 15,334 | 44.6 | +12.2 | |
Majority | 3,682 | 10.8 | −24.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,350 | 83.8 | +31.6 | ||
Registered electors | 40,968 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | −12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Abraham England | 17,163 | 52.9 | −2.5 | |
Labour | Walter Halls | 15,273 | 47.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,890 | 5.8 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,436 | 78.3 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 41,430 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constitutionalist | Abraham England | 19,131 | 55.6 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Alexander Walkden | 15,307 | 44.4 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 3,824 | 11.2 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,955 | 81.0 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 42,529 | ||||
Constitutionalist hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Abraham England | 22,692 | 52.2 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 20,745 | 47.8 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,947 | 4.4 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 43,437 | 79.3 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 54,757 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Cooksey Jackson | 32,429 | 71.5 | New | |
Labour | James Stott | 12,915 | 28.5 | -19.3 | |
Majority | 19,514 | 43.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,344 | 80.7 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Porritt | 27,226 | 60.5 | -11.0 | |
Labour | Tom McLean | 17,799 | 39.5 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 9,427 | 21.0 | -22.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,025 | 78.2 | -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;
- Conservative:
- Labour: A Gaskell[2]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Wootton-Davies | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Edmondson Whittaker | 22,601 | 51.0 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | James Wootton-Davies | 21,709 | 49.0 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 892 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,310 | 76.4 | -1.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Greenwood | 22,238 | 50.5 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Aubrey Jones | 21,786 | 49.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 452 | 1.0 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,024 | 75.6 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 |
References[]
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
- Heywood, Greater Manchester