532:
1646:
1336:
1166:
386:
845:
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The constituency was mostly industrial but it included some agriculture. The town of
Heywood was the most Liberal part of the constituency, having an engineering-based economy; Ramsbottom was more marginal politically. The countryside element of the constituency was Conservative inclined. Overall
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1918:
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Another
General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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the division was
Liberal 1885–1895, Liberal Unionist 1895–1904 and after a change of allegiance by the sitting MP was Liberal again from 1904 until the constituency was abolished in 1918.
189:
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96:
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200:
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divided the former constituency into eight new single-member seats, one of which was designated
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1801:
Schedule 7: Counties at Large, Number of
Members and Names and Contents of Divisions
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
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1872:, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
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92:
1924:
Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
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1898:
Who's Who of
British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945
1851:
Manchester
Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser 18 May 1914
1892:
Who's Who of
British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918
196:, and another part of the Middleton constituency to the south.
1914:
Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester (historic)
1733:"Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832"
1878:, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
161:, Tottington Higher End and the rural part of the parish of
1842:
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
118:
proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.
16:
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
1900:, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
1894:, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
126:
This area had previously been represented as part of the
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abolished this constituency. The successor seat was
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Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972
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which existed between 1885 and 1918. Created by the
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43:
23:
1814:Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England
116:2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
1876:British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918
1882:Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910
1781:boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk
1777:"North West | Boundary Commission for England"
8:
111:. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
1803:, Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (C.23)
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1816:, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991
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136:South-East Lancashire, Heywood Division
763:Sir Henry Hayes Lawrence, 2nd Baronet
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201:Representation of the People Act 1918
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132:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
105:Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
101:Parliament of the United Kingdom
141:The constituency comprised the
1482:General election December 1910
149:, and a number of surrounding
1:
1345:General election January 1910
365:constituency abolished: see
143:Municipal Borough of Heywood
107:, it was represented by one
1929:Heywood, Greater Manchester
1945:
172:The constituency adjoined
130:multi-seat division. The
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1691:Albert Holden Illingworth
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1412:Mervyn Manningham-Buller
1242:Mervyn Manningham-Buller
190:Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth
188:to the east as well as
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691:Elections in the 1890s
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381:Elections in the 1880s
122:Boundaries and History
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854:General election 1895
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367:Heywood and Radcliffe
211:Members of Parliament
205:Heywood and Radcliffe
145:, the cotton town of
128:South East Lancashire
77:Heywood and Radcliffe
67:South East Lancashire
1631:Harold Thomas Cawley
1519:Harold Thomas Cawley
1382:Harold Thomas Cawley
327:Harold Thomas Cawley
109:Member of Parliament
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1749:on 18 April 2022.
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1544:Conservative
1534:
1529:
1524:
1517:
1510:
1462:
1407:Conservative
1397:
1392:
1387:
1380:
1373:
1308:
1266:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1210:
1203:
1147:
1068:
1063:
1058:
1051:
1044:
987:
945:
921:Thomas Snape
906:
901:
896:
889:
882:
826:
749:
744:
739:
734:Thomas Snape
732:
725:
672:
603:Conservative
593:
588:
583:
576:
569:
522:
461:James Kenyon
456:Conservative
447:
442:
437:
430:
423:
364:
256:Thomas Snape
198:
174:Westhoughton
171:
167:
157:, Ashworth,
140:
135:
125:
113:
89:constituency
84:
83:
63:Created from
18:
1649:Illingworth
1484:: Heywood
1347:: Heywood
1252:−7.0
1177:: Heywood
1107:−4.2
1069:−2.1
1053:George Kemp
1018:: Heywood
891:George Kemp
856:: Heywood
699:: Heywood
608:John Lawson
578:Isaac Hoyle
543:: Heywood
525:(new seat)
432:Isaac Hoyle
397:: Heywood
275:George Kemp
237:Isaac Hoyle
73:Replaced by
1908:Categories
1719:References
1664:Candidate
1492:Candidate
1355:Candidate
1185:Candidate
1026:Candidate
864:Candidate
707:Candidate
551:Candidate
405:Candidate
178:Rossendale
159:Pilkington
153:, namely:
147:Ramsbottom
93:Lancashire
1698:Unopposed
1562:Majority
1427:Majority
1257:Majority
1098:Majority
936:Majority
777:Majority
623:Majority
475:Majority
376:Elections
182:Middleton
155:Ainsworth
151:townships
1636:Unionist
322:Jan 1910
218:Election
186:Rochdale
163:Spotland
99:for the
35:for the
1859:Sources
1786:15 June
1708:Liberal
1684:Liberal
1627:Liberal
1595:Liberal
1581:10,071
1577:Turnout
1512:Liberal
1460:Liberal
1446:10,559
1442:Turnout
1375:Liberal
1306:Liberal
1294:10,463
1274:Turnout
1205:Liberal
1133:10,022
1113:Turnout
1078:Liberal
992:Liberal
953:Turnout
916:Liberal
824:Liberal
792:Turnout
727:Liberal
670:Liberal
638:Turnout
571:Liberal
520:Liberal
489:Turnout
425:Liberal
351:Liberal
332:Liberal
313:Liberal
292:Liberal
261:Liberal
242:Liberal
95:of the
85:Heywood
29:Former
24:Heywood
1667:Votes
1661:Party
1551:4,641
1525:5,430
1495:Votes
1489:Party
1430:1,059
1416:4,750
1388:5,809
1358:Votes
1352:Party
1339:Cawley
1278:9,596
1260:1,106
1246:4,245
1218:5,351
1188:Votes
1182:Party
1169:Holden
1117:9,088
1087:4,431
1059:4,657
1029:Votes
1023:Party
973:9,334
957:8,422
925:3,933
897:4,489
867:Votes
861:Party
812:9,251
796:8,111
766:3,745
740:4,366
710:Votes
704:Party
658:9,269
642:7,968
612:3,762
584:4,206
554:Votes
548:Party
535:Lawson
508:9,269
493:8,493
465:3,955
438:4,538
408:Votes
402:Party
389:Kenyon
224:Party
221:Member
1884:. by
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997:Swing
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931:−7.1
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902:53.3
836:+1.0
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786:+2.0
772:−1.0
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750:+1.0
745:53.8
682:-0.6
678:Swing
648:−5.6
645:86.0
632:−1.2
618:+0.6
615:47.2
594:−0.6
589:52.8
496:91.6
468:46.6
443:53.4
55:Seats
1788:2023
1711:hold
1598:hold
1568:7.8
1565:789
1463:hold
1309:gain
1148:hold
1104:2.4
1101:226
988:gain
942:6.6
939:556
848:Kemp
827:hold
783:7.6
780:621
673:hold
629:5.6
626:444
481:6.8
478:583
360:1918
309:, Bt
305:Sir
301:1906
288:1904
270:1895
251:1892
232:1885
199:The
194:Bury
184:and
114:The
49:1918
45:1885
1267:N/A
946:N/A
523:win
58:one
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