Heywood and Royton (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Heywood and Royton
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Heywood and Radcliffe and Royton
Replaced by	Littleborough & Saddleworth, Heywood & Middleton, Oldham Central & Royton, Rossendale & Darwen and Rochdale

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

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Sutcliffe	23,518	44.04
	Labour	Charles J Hurley	21,482	40.23
	Liberal	William Hibbert Watkinson	8,404	15.74
Majority			2,036	3.81
Turnout				87.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Sutcliffe	28,086	53.84
	Labour	Charles J Hurley	24,083	46.16
Majority			4,003	7.67
Turnout				85.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	25,824	53.31
	Labour	Alan Lever Tillotson	22,614	46.69
Majority			3,210	6.63
Turnout				81.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	19,742	40.25
	Labour	Harry Nevin	17,588	35.86
	Liberal	Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson	11,713	23.88
Majority			2,154	4.39
Turnout				84.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	20,174	40.80
	Conservative	Tony Leavey	19,358	39.15
	Liberal	Wilfred Eric Critchley	9,914	20.05
Majority			816	1.65
Turnout				82.78
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1966: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	24,701	48.93
	Conservative	David Waddington	19,048	37.73
	Liberal	James Clarney	6,732	13.34
Majority			5,653	11.20
Turnout				79.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	25,081	45.70
	Conservative	Ian MacGregor	24,178	44.06
	Liberal	Francis Joseph Beetham	5,620	10.24
Majority			903	1.65
Turnout				76.13
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	28,216	44.32
	Conservative	Ian MacGregor	21,054	33.07
	Liberal	Viv Bingham	14,392	22.61
Majority			7,162	11.25
Turnout				82.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	27,206	45.74
	Conservative	Peter Morgan	19,307	32.46
	Liberal	Viv Bingham	12,969	21.80
Majority			7,899	13.28
Turnout				76.55
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Heywood and Royton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Barnett	28,489	45.24
	Conservative	Peter Morgan	26,202	41.61
	Liberal	M Hewitt	7,644	12.14
	National Front	R Marsh	641	1.02
Majority			2,287	3.63
Turnout				76.61
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)