Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Sheffield Neepsend Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Sheffield Hillsborough and Sheffield Central constituencies.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 general election | Harry Morris | Labour | |
| 1950 by-election | Frank Soskice | Labour | |
| 1951 general election | |||
| 1955 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1951: Sheffield Neepsend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||
| By-election 1950: Sheffield Neepsend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||
| General Election 1950: Sheffield Neepsend | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||
