Sheffield Ecclesall (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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	Samuel Roberts (1st)	Conservative
	1923	Albert Harland	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1929	Samuel Roberts (2nd)	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1935	Sir Robert Geoffrey Ellis, Bt.	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
	1945	Peter Geoffrey Roberts	Conservative and Liberal Unionist
1950		constituency abolished

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

Election results

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

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

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

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

Source

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949