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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

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Heywood and Royton
Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Heywood and Radcliffe andRoyton^[1]
Replaced by	Littleborough and Saddleworth,Heywood & Middleton,Oldham Central and Royton,Rossendale and Darwen andRochdale^[2]

Heywood and Royton was aparliamentary constituency centred on theHeywood andRoyton districts in the north-west ofGreater Manchester. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the1950 general election, and abolished for the1983 general election, when its territory was largely divided between the new constituencies ofHeywood & Middleton andOldham Central and Royton.

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

	Member	Party
1950	SirHarold Sutcliffe	Conservative
1955	Tony Leavey	Conservative
1964	Joel Barnett	Labour
1983	constituency abolished: seeHeywood and Middleton &Oldham Central and Royton

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			53,404	87.98
	Conservativewin (new seat)

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			52,169	85.08
	Conservativehold		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			48,438	81.82
	Conservativehold		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	N/A
Majority			2,154	4.39
Turnout			49,043	84.75
	Conservativehold		Swing

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	N/A
Turnout			49,446	82.78
	Labourgain fromConservative		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			50,481	79.58
	Labourhold		Swing

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			54,879	76.13
	Labourhold		Swing

General election February 1974: Heywood and Royton^[2]
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			63,662	82.62
	Labourhold		Swing

General election October 1974: Heywood and Royton^[2]
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			59,482	76.55
	Labourhold		Swing

General election 1979: Heywood and Royton^[2]
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	N/A
Majority			2,287	3.63
Turnout			62,976	76.61
	Labourhold		Swing

^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. Retrieved22 March 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

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