Sheffield Ecclesall

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Sheffield Ecclesall
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County South Yorkshire
1885–1950
Created from Sheffield
Replaced by Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Park

Sheffield Ecclesall was a Parliamentary constituency represented by a single Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents

Boundaries

1885–1918: Part of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield ward of Ecclesall.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Ecclesall and Sharrow.

Ecclesall constituency covered south central Sheffield. Most of the area that made up this constituency is now included in Sheffield Heeley constituency.

History

The seat was created in 1885, prior to its creation the area had been part of the larger Sheffield borough constituency, which was represented by two MPs. The 1885 Redistribution of Seats Act, which sought to eliminate multi-member constituencies and give greater representation to urban areas, led to the break-up of the constituency into five divisions, each represented by a single MP. Ecclesall was one of these new divisions. The seat was abolished in 1950 as part of a redrawing of the Sheffield constituency boundaries that also led to the abolition of Sheffield Central and the creation of Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Neepsend.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Conservative
1902 by-election Samuel Roberts (1st) Conservative
1923 Albert Harland Conservative
1929 Samuel Roberts (2nd) Conservative
1935 Sir Geoffrey Ellis, Bt. Conservative
1945 Peter Roberts Conservative
1950 constituency abolished

The constituency was abolished in 1950. Peter Roberts subsequently stood for, and won, the new Sheffield Heeley seat.

Election results

Election in the 1940s

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Sheffield Ecclesall election results
General election 1945: Sheffield Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Roberts 18,120 54.0 −19.6
Common Wealth Sydney Checkland 12,04535.9New
Liberal Philip Rodney Nightingale3,39110.1New
Majority 6,07518.1−29.3
Turnout 33,55675.6+4.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Ellis 22,819 73.6 N/A
Labour Kenneth G. Brooks8,17326.2New
Majority 14,64647.4N/A
Turnout 30,99271.0N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1931: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Roberts Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Roberts 17,165 55.3 −30.7
Labour Harry Samuels 7,98325.7New
Liberal Robert Slack Wells5,89819.0New
Majority 9,18229.6−42.4
Turnout 31,04675.1+12.3
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Harland 16,131 86.0 +22.4
Independent Albert Taylor2,62414.0New
Majority 13,50772.0+44.8
Turnout 18,75562.8−6.7
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Harland 13,047 63.6 N/A
Liberal Hamer Russell 7,45636.4New
Majority 5,59127.2N/A
Turnout 20,50369.5N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Samuel Roberts Unopposed
Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Samuel Roberts Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Roberts 6,039 50.8 0.0
Liberal John Derry5,84949.20.0
Majority 1901.60.0
Turnout 11.88885.2−5.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election January 1910: Sheffield Ecclesall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Roberts 6,407 50.8 −1.3
Liberal John Derry6,19649.2+1.3
Majority 2111.6−2.6
Turnout 12,60390.3+3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Roberts 5,856 52.1 −8.9
Liberal Richard Cornthwaite Lambert 5,39247.9+8.9
Majority 4644.2−17.8
Turnout 11,24887.1+14.1
Registered electors 12,911
Conservative hold Swing −8.9
1902 Sheffield Ecclesall by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Roberts 5,231 55.9 −5.1
Liberal Reginald F. Vaile4,11944.1+5.1
Majority 1,11211.8−10.2
Turnout 9,35074.8+1.8
Registered electors 12,501
Conservative hold Swing −5.1
General election 1900: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 5,059 61.0 N/A
Liberal Reginald F. Vaile3,23039.0New
Majority 1,82922.0N/A
Turnout 8,28973.0N/A
Registered electors 11,357
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1892: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 4,536 55.1 −4.3
Liberal Robert Eadon Leader 3,69644.9+4.3
Majority 84010.2−8.6
Turnout 8,23284.5+10.2
Registered electors 9,747
Conservative hold Swing −4.3

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 1886: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1886: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 3,930 59.4 +5.0
Liberal William Owen 2,68840.6−5.0
Majority 1,24218.8+10.0
Turnout 6,61874.3−11.8
Registered electors 8,904
Conservative hold Swing +5.0
General election 1885: Sheffield Ecclesall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 4,171 54.4
Liberal Cyril Dodd 3,49245.6
Majority 6798.8
Turnout 7,66386.1
Registered electors 8,904
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ UK General Election results July 1945
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
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