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    Heywood and Royton, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (3 May 1979), Baron Barnett Joel Barnett (The Labour Party) won Heywood and Royton, with a majority of 2,287 votes.

    Area type
    constituency
    Within
    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    10
    Recorded results
    30
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 03 May 1979
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party28,48945.2%Yes
    Peter MorganConservative Party26,20241.6%No
    Michael Frederick HewittLiberal Democrats7,64412.1%No
    Raymond MarshNational Front6411%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 10 Oct 1974Turnout 76.6%, electorate 77,687
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party27,20645.7%Yes
    Peter MorganConservative Party19,30732.5%No
    Vivian BinghamLiberal Democrats12,96921.8%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 28 Feb 1974
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party28,21634%Yes
    Ian MacGregorConservative Party21,05425.4%No
    Peter MorganConservative Party19,30723.3%No
    Vivian BinghamLiberal Democrats14,39217.3%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 18 Jun 1970
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party25,08145.7%Yes
    Ian MacGregorConservative Party24,17844.1%No
    Francis BeethamLiberal Democrats5,62010.2%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 31 Mar 1966
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party24,70148.9%Yes
    Baron Waddington David WaddingtonConservative Party19,04837.7%No
    James ClarneyLiberal Democrats6,73213.3%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 15 Oct 1964
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Baron Barnett Joel BarnettThe Labour Party20,17440.8%Yes
    John Anthony LeaveyConservative Party19,35839.1%No
    Wilfred Eric CritchleyLiberal Democrats9,91420.1%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 08 Oct 1959
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    John Anthony LeaveyConservative Party19,74240.3%Yes
    Harry NevinThe Labour Party17,58835.9%No
    Geoffrey Eugene MacPhersonLiberal Democrats11,71323.9%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 26 May 1955
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    John Anthony LeaveyConservative Party25,82453.3%Yes
    Alan Lever TillotsonThe Labour Party22,61446.7%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 25 Oct 1951
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Harold SutcliffeConservative Party28,08653.8%Yes
    Charles HurleyThe Labour Party24,08346.2%No
    Heywood and Royton: UK General Election 23 Feb 1950
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Harold SutcliffeConservative Party23,51844%Yes
    Charles HurleyThe Labour Party21,48240.2%No
    William WatkinsonLiberal Democrats8,40415.7%No

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