{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox UK constituency |name = Heywood and Radcliffe |type = County |parliament = uk |year = 1918 |abolished = 1950 |elects_howmany = one |previous = Heywood, Bury, Bolton, and Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth |next = 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 == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" | | 1918 | Albert Illingworth | Coalition Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1921 by-election | Walter Halls | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}" | | 1922 |rowspan="3"|Abraham England | National Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | ''Nov 1923'' | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | | ''Sep 1931'' | Liberal National |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Oct 1931 | Joseph Jackson | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1935 | Richard Porritt | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1940 by-election | James Wootton-Davies | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1945 | John Whittaker | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1946 by-election | Tony Greenwood | Labour |- |colspan="2" align="center"| 1950 |colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see Heywood and Royton & Bury and Radcliffe'' |}
==Elections== ===Elections in the 1910s=== thumb|120px|Illingworth {{Election box begin no change| |title=General election 1918: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49">{{cite book |last1=Craig |first1=Fred W. S |title=British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/ |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0900178019 |access-date=5 April 2025 |date=1969}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918 no change| |party=Coalition Liberal |candidate=Albert Illingworth |votes=14,250 |percentage=67.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Horace Nobbs |votes=6,827 |percentage=32.4 }} {{Election box majority no change| |votes=7,423 |percentage=35.2 }} {{Election box turnout no change| |votes=21,077 |percentage=52.2 }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 40,383 }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Coalition Liberal }} {{Election box end 1918}}
===Elections in the 1920s=== {{Election box begin| |title=1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Walter Halls |votes=13,430 |percentage=41.7 |change=+9.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Coalition Liberal |candidate=Abraham England |votes=13,125 |percentage=40.7 |change=−26.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Cornelius Pickstone |votes=5,671 |percentage=17.6 |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes=305 |percentage=1.0 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=32,226 |percentage=80.9 |change=+28.7 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=39,856 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Coalition Liberal |swing=+18.1 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1922: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) |candidate=Abraham England |votes=19,016 |percentage=55.4 |change=−12.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Walter Halls |votes=15,334 |percentage=44.6 |change=+12.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=3,682 |percentage=10.8 |change=−24.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=34,350 |percentage=83.8 |change=+31.6 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=40,968 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner=National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) |swing=−12.2 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1923: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Abraham England |votes=17,163 |percentage=52.9 |change=−2.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Walter Halls |votes=15,273 |percentage=47.1 |change=+2.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=1,890 |percentage=5.8 |change=−5.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=32,436 |percentage=78.3 |change=−5.5 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=41,430 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Liberal Party (UK) |swing=−2.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1924: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate for alliance| |party = Constitutionalist (UK) |side = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Abraham England |votes = 19,131 |percentage = 55.6 |change = +2.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Alexander Walkden |votes=15,307 |percentage=44.4 |change=−2.7 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=3,824 |percentage=11.2 |change=+5.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=22,955 |percentage=81.0 |change=+2.7 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=42,529 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Constitutionalist (UK) |swing=+2.7 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1929: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=Abraham England |votes=22,692 |percentage=52.2 |change=−3.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Arthur Creech Jones |votes=20,745 |percentage=47.8 |change=+3.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=1,947 |percentage=4.4 |change=−6.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=43,437 |percentage=79.3 |change=−1.7 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors=54,757 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Liberal Party (UK) |swing=−3.4 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1930s=== {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1931: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Joseph Jackson |votes=32,429 |percentage=71.5 |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=James Stott |votes=12,915 |percentage=28.5 |change=-19.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=19,514 |percentage=43.0 |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes= 45,344 |percentage=80.7 |change=+1.4 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |loser=Liberal Party (UK) |swing= }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1935: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Richard Porritt |votes=27,226 |percentage=60.5 |change=-11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Tom McLean |votes=17,799 |percentage=39.5 |change=+11.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=9,427 |percentage=21.0 |change=-22.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes= 45,025 |percentage=78.2 |change= -2.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |swing=-11.0 }} {{Election box end}} '''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<ref>Manchester Evening News, 4 Jun 1940</ref>
===Elections in the 1940s=== {{Election box begin| |title=1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party= Conservative Party (UK) |candidate= James Wootton-Davies |votes= Unopposed |percentage= ''N/A'' |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner=Conservative Party (UK) |swing= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election 1945: Heywood and Radcliffe<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=John Edmondson Whittaker |votes=22,601 |percentage=51.0 |change= +10.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=James Wootton-Davies |votes=21,709 |percentage=49.0 |change= -10.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=892 |percentage=2.0 |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes= 44,310 |percentage=76.4 |change= -1.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner=Labour Party (UK) |loser=Conservative Party (UK) |swing= }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election<ref name="Craig18-49"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Tony Greenwood |votes=22,238 |percentage=50.5 |change=-0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Aubrey Jones |votes=21,786 |percentage=49.5 |change=+0.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes=452 |percentage=1.0 |change=-1.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes= 44,024 |percentage= 75.6 |change= -0.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = -0.5 }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester (historic) Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Category:Heywood, Greater Manchester