Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)
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Sheffield Neepsend | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
1950–1955 | |
Replaced by | Sheffield Brightside and Sheffield Hillsborough |
Created from | Sheffield Central and Sheffield Hillsborough |
Sheffield Neepsend was a short-lived Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield, England. The constituency was created in 1950 and abolished in 1955, presumably due to its low number of electors - never exceeding 50,000. It was one of the safest Labour Party seats, and this was why its first MP, Harry Morris, agreed to step down in order that Government Minister Frank Soskice could gain a seat in the Commons in the 1950 by-election.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Neepsend, St Peter's, and St Phillip's.
Member of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Harry Morris | Labour | |
1950 by-election | Frank Soskice | Labour | |
1951 | |||
1955 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Soskice | 28,880 | 73.1 | + 0.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Stobbs | 10,655 | 26.9 | - 0.3 | |
Majority | 18,225 | 46.2 | + 0.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,535 | 79.5 | +24.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Soskice | 22,080 | 70.8 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | J. P. Hunt | 8,365 | 26.8 | −0.4 | |
Communist | E. L. Moore | 729 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,715 | 44.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,174 | 55.1 | +9.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Harry Morris | 30,317 | 72.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. M. Cook | 11,311 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 41,638 | 83.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 19,006 | 45.7 | N/A | ||
New creation: Labour gain. | Swing | N/A |
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (1951 election results)
- British Parliamentary By Elections
- Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001, Sheffield City Council
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Sheffield (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1955