Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Heywood and Radcliffe
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Number of membersone
Replaced byHeywood and Royton, Bury and Radcliffe, Middleton and Prestwich, and Rossendale
Created fromHeywood, 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
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
General election 1918: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[]

1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
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
General election 1922: Heywood and Radcliffe[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
General election 1923: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
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
General election 1924: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
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
General election 1929: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
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[]

General election 1931: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General election 1935: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
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[]

1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Wootton-Davies Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
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
1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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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