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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. Boundaries The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Neepsend, St Peter's, and St Phillip's. Members of Parliament Election results Sources *Richard Kimber's Political Science Resourceselection results) {dead link, date=December 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sheffield, Brightside was a Borough constituency, parliamentary constituency in the Sheffield, City of Sheffield. Created for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election, and replaced at the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election by the new constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency), Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, it elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system. In its first fifty years, Brightside returned a variety of Liberal Party (UK), Liberal, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative and Labour Party (UK), Labour MPs. However, from 1945 onwards, it became one of the Labour Party's safe seat, safest seats in the United Kingdom. It was represented by David Blunkett from 1987 until its abolition; he continued to ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
