Sheffield Ecclesall (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield Ecclesall
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	South Yorkshire
1885–1950
Replaced by	Sheffield Hallam and Sheffield Heeley
Created from	Sheffield

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

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Conservative
	1902 by-election	Samuel Roberts (1st)	Conservative
	1923	Albert Harland	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1929	Samuel Roberts (2nd)	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1935	Sir Robert Ellis, Bt.	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1945	Peter Roberts	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1950	constituency abolished

The constituency was abolished in 1950. Peter Roberts subsequently stood for, and won, the new Sheffield Heeley seat.

Election results

Sheffield Ecclesall election results

General Election 1945: Sheffield Ecclesall^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Geoffrey Roberts	18,120	54.0	-19.4
	Common Wealth	Sydney George Checkland	12,045	35.9	N/A
	Liberal	Philip Rodney Nightingale	3,391	10.1	N/A
Majority			6,075	18.1	-29.1
Turnout				75.6	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Geoffrey Ellis	22,819	73.6	N/A
	Labour	K. G. Brooks	8,173	26.2	N/A
Majority			14,646	47.2	N/A
Turnout				71.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

In the 1931 general election, Samuel Roberts was elected unopposed.

1920s

General Election 1929: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Samuel Roberts	17,165	55.3	-30.7
	Labour	Harry Samuels	7,983	25.7	n/a
	Liberal	Robert Slack Wells	5,898	19.0	n/a
Majority			9,182	29.6	-42.4
Turnout				75.1	+3.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Albert Harland	16,131	86.0	+22.4
	Independent	Albert Taylor	2,624	14.0	N/A
Majority			13,507	72.0	+44.8
Turnout				62.8	-6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Albert Harland	13,047	63.6	N/A
	Liberal	Hamer Field Russell	7,456	36.4	N/A
Majority			5,591	27.2	N/A
Turnout				69.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

In the 1922 general election and the 1918 general election, Samuel Roberts was elected unopposed.

General Election December 1910: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Roberts	6,039	50.8	0.0
	Liberal	John Derry	5,849	49.2	0.0
Majority			190	1.6	0.0
Turnout				85.2	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Roberts	6,407	50.8	-1.3
	Liberal	John Derry	6,196	49.2	+1.3
Majority			211	1.6	-2.6
Turnout				90.3	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Samuel Roberts	5,856	52.1	-8.9
	Liberal	Richard Cornthwaite Lambert	5,392	47.9	+8.9
Majority			464	4.2	-17.8
Turnout				87.1	+14.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sheffield Ecclesall by-election, 1902

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				74.8	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1900: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	5,059	61.0	+5.9
	Liberal	Reginald F. Vaile	3,230	39.0	-5.9
Majority			1,829	22.0	+11.8
Turnout				73.0	-11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

In the 1895 general election, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was elected unopposed.

General Election 1892: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	4,536	55.1	-4.3
	Liberal	Robert Eadon Leader	3,696	44.9	+4.3
Majority			840	10.2	-8.6
Turnout				84.5	+10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

In the Sheffield Ecclesall by-election, 1886, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was elected unopposed.

General Election 1886: Sheffield Ecclesall

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				74.3	-11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Sheffield Ecclesall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	4,171	54.4	N/A
	Liberal	Cyril Dodd	3,492	45.6	N/A
Majority			679	8.8	N/A
Turnout				86.1	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. UK General Election results July 1945

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949