Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950
Sheffield Ecclesall Former Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons County South Yorkshire 1885 –1950 Created from Sheffield Replaced by Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Park
Sheffield Ecclesall was a Parliamentary constituency represented by a single Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the first past the post system.
Boundaries 1885–1918 : Part of the Municipal Borough of Sheffield ward of Ecclesall.
1918–1950 : The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Ecclesall and Sharrow.
Ecclesall constituency covered south central Sheffield. Most of the area that made up this constituency is now included in Sheffield Heeley constituency.
History The seat was created in 1885, prior to its creation the area had been part of the larger Sheffield borough constituency, which was represented by two MPs. The 1885 Redistribution of Seats Act , which sought to eliminate multi-member constituencies and give greater representation to urban areas, led to the break-up of the constituency into five divisions, each represented by a single MP. Ecclesall was one of these new divisions. The seat was abolished in 1950 as part of a redrawing of the Sheffield constituency boundaries that also led to the abolition of Sheffield Central and the creation of Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Neepsend.
Members of Parliament The constituency was abolished in 1950. Peter Roberts subsequently stood for, and won, the new Sheffield Heeley seat.
Election results Election in the 1940s Sheffield Ecclesall election results Elections in the 1930s General election 1935 : Sheffield Ecclesall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Geoffrey Ellis 22,819 73.6 N/A Labour Kenneth G. Brooks 8,173 26.2 New Majority 14,646 47.4 N/A Turnout 30,992 71.0 N/A Conservative hold Swing N/A
Elections in the 1920s General election 1924 : Sheffield Ecclesall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Albert Harland 16,131 86.0 +22.4 Independent Albert Taylor 2,624 14.0 New Majority 13,507 72.0 +44.8 Turnout 18,755 62.8 -6.7 Unionist hold Swing
Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1900s 1902 Sheffield Ecclesall by-election[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Samuel Roberts 5,231 55.9 -5.1 Liberal Reginald F. Vaile 4,119 44.1 +5.1 Majority 1,112 11.8 -10.2 Turnout 9,350 74.8 +1.8 Registered electors 12,501 Conservative hold Swing −5.1
General election 1900 : Sheffield Ecclesall[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 5,059 61.0 N/A Liberal Reginald F. Vaile 3,230 39.0 New Majority 1,829 22.0 N/A Turnout 8,289 73.0 N/A Registered electors 11,357 Conservative hold Swing N/A
Elections in the 1890s General election 1895 : Sheffield Ecclesall[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Unopposed Conservative hold
Elections in the 1880s By-election, 1886 : Sheffield Ecclesall[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Unopposed Conservative hold
Caused by Ashmead-Bartlett's appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty. General election 1886 : Sheffield Ecclesall[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett 3,930 59.4 +5.0 Liberal William Owen 2,688 40.6 -5.0 Majority 1,242 18.8 +10.0 Turnout 6,618 74.3 -11.8 Registered electors 8,904 Conservative hold Swing +5.0
References ^ UK General Election results July 1945 ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 . London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984 . Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1) F. W. S. Craig , British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949 Current Penistone and Stocksbridge Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Hallam Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Historic Sheffield (1832–1885) Hallamshire (1885–1918) Sheffield Attercliffe (1885–2010) Sheffield Brightside (1885–2010) Sheffield Ecclesall (1885–1950) Sheffield Park (1918–1983) Sheffield Hillsborough (1918–2010) Sheffield Neepsend (1950–1955) See also Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire