Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Morris	30,317	72.8
	National Liberal	A. M. Cook	11,311	27.2
Majority			19.006	45.6
Turnout			41,638	83.8
	Labour win (new seat)

1950 Sheffield Neepsend by-election: Sheffield Neepsend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Soskice	22,080	70.8	−2.0
	Conservative	John Philip Hunt	8,365	26.8	−0.4
	Communist	Bill Moore	729	2.4	New
Majority			13,715	44.0	−1.6
Turnout			31,174	55.1	−28.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.8

General election 1951: Sheffield Neepsend^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Soskice	28,880	73.1	+0.3
	National Liberal	Arthur Stobbs	10,655	26.9	−0.3
Majority			18,225	46.2	+0.6
Turnout			39,535	79.5	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources Archived 15 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine (1951 election results)
• British Parliamentary By Elections
• Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001^{[permanent dead link]}, Sheffield City Council