Heywood and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Heywood and Radcliffe County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Albert Illingworth | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1921 | Walter Halls | Labour | |
| 1923 | Abraham England | Liberal | |
| 1931 | Joseph Cooksey Jackson | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Richard Whitaker Porritt | Conservative | |
| 1940 | James Henry Wootton-Davies | Conservative | |
| 1945 | John Edmondson Whittaker | Labour | |
| 1946 | Anthony Greenwood | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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