Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

Heywood and Radcliffe
Heywood and Radcliffe
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Heywood, Bury, Bolton, and Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth
Replaced by	Heywood and Royton, Bury and Radcliffe, Middleton and Prestwich, and Rossendale

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

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

^ ^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.
^ Manchester Evening News, 4 Jun 1940

[Craig18-49-1] ^ ^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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Heywood and Radcliffe
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Heywood, Bury, Bolton, and Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth
Replaced by	Heywood and Royton, Bury and Radcliffe, Middleton and Prestwich, and Rossendale