Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Neepsend
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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 area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Sheffield Hillsborough and Sheffield Central constituencies.

Member of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Harry Morris Labour
1950 by-election Frank Soskice rowspan="2"¾/* Member of Parliament */ | Labour
1951
1955 constituency abolished

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
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

Sources