# Heywood and Royton (UK Parliament constituency)

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 | Conservative |
| 1964 | Joel Barnett | Labour |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton & Oldham Central and Royton | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton & Oldham Central and Royton |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,036 | 3.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 87.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Sutcliffe | 28,086 | 53.84 |
| | Labour | Charles J Hurley | 24,083 | 46.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,003 | 7.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 85.08 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Leavey | 25,824 | 53.31 |
| | Labour | Alan Lever Tillotson | 22,614 | 46.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,210 | 6.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 81.82 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,154 | 4.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 84.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 816 | 1.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 82.78 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
General election 1966: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5,653 | 11.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 79.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 903 | 1.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.13 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election February 1974: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,162 | 11.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 82.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,899 | 13.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.55 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1979: Heywood and Royton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,287 | 3.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 76.61 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |