Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Sheffield Neepsend
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1955
members = one

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 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 area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Sheffield Hillsborough and Sheffield Central constituencies.

Member of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 1951: Sheffield NeepsendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Soskice
votes = 28,880
percentage = 73.1
change = + 0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Stobbs
votes = 10,655
percentage = 26.9
change = - 0.3Election box majority
votes = 18,225
percentage = 46.2
change = + 0.6Election box turnout
votes = 39,535
percentage = 79.5
change = +24.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +0.3Election box begin
title=By-election 1950: Sheffield NeepsendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Soskice
votes = 22,080
percentage = 70.8
change = −2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. P. Hunt
votes = 8,365
percentage = 26.8
change = −0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = E. L. Moore
votes = 729
percentage = 2.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,715
percentage = 44.0
change = −1.6Election box turnout
votes = 31,174
percentage = 55.1
change = +9.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −0.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 1950: Sheffield NeepsendElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Harry Morris
votes = 30,317
percentage = 72.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. M. Cook
votes = 11,311
percentage = 27.2
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 41,638
percentage = 83.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 19,006
percentage = 45.7
change = "N/A"
- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"
colspan="2" | New creation: Labour Party (UK)/meta/shortname gain.
align="right" | Swing
align="right" | "N/A"
-

ources

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ncommons1.htm Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/psr.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources] ( [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i18.htm 1951] election results)
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/50.html British Parliamentary By Elections]
* [http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/EasySite/lib/serveDocument.asp?doc=101328&pgid=113083 Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001] , Sheffield City Council