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 and Royton.
Boundaries
The Borough of Heywood, and the Urban Districts of Crompton, Littleborough, Milnrow, Royton, Wardle, and Whitworth.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1950 Sir Harold Sutcliffe Conservative 1955 Tony Leavey 1964 Joel Barnett Labour1983 constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton & Oldham Central and Royton
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References