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| Heywood and Royton | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Heywood and Radcliffe and Royton[1] |
| Replaced by | Littleborough & Saddleworth, Heywood & Middleton, Oldham Central & Royton, Rossendale & Darwen and Rochdale[2] |
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 & Royton.
- ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- ^ "'Heywood and Royton', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]