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.
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

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