Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency 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
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1918 Albert Illingworth Coalition Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1921 by-election Walter Halls Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1922 Abraham England Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1924 Constitutionalist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1929 Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1931 Joseph Jackson Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1935 Richard Porritt Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1940 by-election James Wootton-Davies Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 John Whittaker Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 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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Illingworth
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Horace Nobbs 6,827 32.4
Majority 7,423 35.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,077 52.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 40,383 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)
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1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Abraham England 13,125 40.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cornelius Pickstone 5,671 17.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 305 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 32,226 80.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 39,856 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1922: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Walter Halls 15,334 44.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,682 10.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 34,350 83.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 40,968 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing −12.2

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General election 1923: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Walter Halls 15,273 47.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,890 5.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 32,436 78.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 41,430 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.5

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1924: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexander Walkden 15,307 44.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,824 11.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 22,955 81.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 42,529 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +2.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1929: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Creech Jones 20,745 47.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,947 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 43,437 79.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 54,757 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −3.4

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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Stott 12,915 28.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,514 43.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,344 80.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1935: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tom McLean 17,799 39.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,427 21.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 45,025 78.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -11.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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

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1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing N/A

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General election 1945: Heywood and Radcliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Wootton-Davies 21,709 49.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 892 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 44,310 76.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Aubrey Jones 21,786 49.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 452 1.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 44,024 75.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -0.5

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References

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  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. Template:ISBN.
  2. ↑ Manchester Evening News, 4 Jun 1940

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