# Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament 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 | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1918 | Albert Illingworth | Coalition Liberal |
| | 1921 by-election | Walter Halls | Labour |
| | 1922 | Abraham England | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Abraham England | Constitutionalist |
| | 1929 | Abraham England | 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 | 1950 | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Royton & Bury and Radcliffe | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Royton & Bury and Radcliffe |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Albert Illingworth | 14,250 | 67.6 | |
| | Labour | Horace Nobbs | 6,827 | 32.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,423 | 35.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,077 | 52.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,383 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 305 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,226 | 80.9 | +28.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 39,856 | | |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +18.1 | |
General election 1922: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Abraham England | 19,016 | 55.4 | −12.2 |
| | Labour | Walter Halls | 15,334 | 44.6 | +12.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,682 | 10.8 | −24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,350 | 83.8 | +31.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 40,968 | | |
| | National Liberal gain from Liberal | National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | −12.2 | |
General election 1923: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Abraham England | 17,163 | 52.9 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Walter Halls | 15,273 | 47.1 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,890 | 5.8 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,436 | 78.3 | −5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 41,430 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 | |
General election 1924: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Constitutionalist | Abraham England | 19,131 | 55.6 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Alexander Walkden | 15,307 | 44.4 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,824 | 11.2 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,955 | 81.0 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,529 | | |
| | Constitutionalist hold | Constitutionalist hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
General election 1929: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Abraham England | 22,692 | 52.2 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 20,745 | 47.8 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,947 | 4.4 | −6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,437 | 79.3 | −1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 54,757 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Cooksey Jackson | 32,429 | 71.5 | New |
| | Labour | James Stott | 12,915 | 28.5 | −19.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,514 | 43.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,344 | 80.7 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1935: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Porritt | 27,226 | 60.5 | −11.0 |
| | Labour | Tom McLean | 17,799 | 39.5 | +11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,427 | 21.0 | −22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,025 | 78.2 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | 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

### Elections in the 1940s

1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Wootton-Davies | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1945: Heywood and Radcliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Edmondson Whittaker | 22,601 | 51.0 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | James Wootton-Davies | 21,709 | 49.0 | −10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 892 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,310 | 76.4 | −1.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
1946 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Greenwood | 22,238 | 50.5 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Aubrey Jones | 21,786 | 49.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 1.0 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,024 | 75.6 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 | |