Wilfred Lanceley Heywood OBE (11 September 1900 – 8 October 1977) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Wooldale, near Holmfirth in Yorkshire, Heywood attended the Wooldale Council School before becoming active in the National Union of Textile Workers;[1] he was elected to its executive in 1930.
[2] He stood as the Labour Party candidate in Bradford East at the 1935 United Kingdom general election, with the backing of the union.
[2] He also served on the British Wool Marketing Board and the Monopolies Commission, but stood down from all his position in 1957, to take a seat on the Restrictive Practices Court.
In 1968, he moved to the National Board for Prices and Incomes, then in 1970 returned to the Court before finally retiring in 1971.