Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Neepsend
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire
1950–1955
Created from Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Central and Sheffield Hillsborough
Replaced by Sheffield Brightside 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.

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Boundaries

The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Neepsend, St Peter's, and St Phillip's.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Harry Morris Labour
1950 by-election Frank Soskice
1951
1955 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Sheffield Neepsend [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Morris 30,317 72.8
National Liberal A. M. Cook11,31127.2
Majority19.00645.6
Turnout 41,63883.8
Labour win (new seat)
1950 Sheffield Neepsend by-election: Sheffield Neepsend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 22,080 70.8 −2.0
Conservative John Philip Hunt8,36526.8−0.4
Communist Bill Moore7292.4New
Majority13,71544.0−1.6
Turnout 31,17455.1−28.7
Labour hold Swing −0.8
General election 1951: Sheffield Neepsend [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 28,880 73.1 +0.3
National Liberal Arthur Stobbs10,65526.9−0.3
Majority18,22546.2+0.6
Turnout 39,53579.5−4.3
Labour hold Swing +0.3

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References

  1. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
  2. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
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