Sheffield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Sheffield1832.jpg
Sheffield borough constituency in 1832
County West Riding of Yorkshire
1832–1885
Number of membersTwo
Replaced by Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Brightside, Sheffield Ecclesall, Sheffield Hallam, and Sheffield Central
Created from Yorkshire

Sheffield was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of elections.

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The constituency encompassed the urban part of the town and parish (now city) of Sheffield, England, but not the western, rural, parts of Upper Hallam and Ecclesall Bierlow, which were incorporated into Sheffield Town Borough in 1843.

History

Before 1832 Sheffield had been represented by the Yorkshire constituency. The Sheffield Borough constituency was created by the Reform Act of 1832, and was given two MPs, the first time that the town had been represented in the House of Commons. Four candidates stood at the first election contesting these two seats. Voting took place on 13 and 14 December 1832, with the results declared on 15 December (see below). The election sparked a riot on 14 December, which resulted in the military being called out. The soldiers fired on the crowd, killing six people and injuring several others. [1] Following the Redistribution of Seats Act in 1885, which sought to eliminate constituencies with more than one MP and give greater representation to urban areas, the Borough of Sheffield was sub-divided. The five new divisions— Attercliffe, Brightside, Ecclesall, Hallam, and Sheffield Central —each returned a single MP.

Members of Parliament

Two MPs were elected at each general election. The table below shows the election years in which one or both of the MPs changed. [2] [3]

ElectionMember 1PartyMember 2Party
1832 John Parker Whig [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] James Silk Buckingham Radical [6] [8] [9]
1837 Henry George Ward Radical [6] [10] [11] [12]
1849 by-election John Arthur Roebuck Independent Whig [13] [14]
1852 George Hadfield Radical [4] [15] [16] [17] [18]
1859 Liberal Independent Liberal [13]
1868 A. J. Mundella Liberal
1874 John Arthur Roebuck Independent Liberal
1879 by-election Samuel Danks Waddy Liberal
1880 Charles Stuart-Wortley Conservative
1885 Constituency divided

The constituency was sub-divided in 1885. The sitting MPs, A. J. Mundella and Charles Stuart-Wortley subsequently stood for and won seats in one of the new constituencies (Sheffield Brightside and Sheffield Hallam respectively).

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 8 May 1880: Sheffield [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella Unopposed
Liberal hold
1880 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. J. Mundella 17,217 34.2 +1.0
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 16,546 32.9 New
Liberal Samuel Danks Waddy 16,50632.8+3.3
Turnout 33,408 (est)78.1 (est)+15.3
Registered electors 42,794
Majority6711.3N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority400.1N/A
Conservative gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 21 Dec 1879: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Danks Waddy 14,062 50.9 −12.4
Conservative Charles Stuart-Wortley 13,58449.1New
Majority4781.8N/A
Turnout 27,64670.4+17.6
Registered electors 39,270
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
1874 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal John Arthur Roebuck [20] 14,193 36.7 +13.8
Liberal A. J. Mundella 12,858 33.2 +4.0
Liberal Joseph Chamberlain 11,05328.5N/A
Liberal Alfred Allott6211.6N/A
Majority1,3353.5N/A
Turnout 19,363 (est)52.8 (est)−17.1
Registered electors 36,701
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing +4.9
Liberal hold Swing −4.9

Elections in the 1860s

1868 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Hadfield 14,793 35.3 +4.8
Liberal A. J. Mundella 12,212 29.2 +14.8
Independent Liberal John Arthur Roebuck 9,57122.9−8.2
Conservative Edwin Plumer Price [22] 5,27212.6−11.4
Majority2,6416.3−0.3
Turnout 20,924 (est)69.9 (est)+5.9
Registered electors 29,955
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing +9.5
1865 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal John Arthur Roebuck 3,410 31.1 N/A
Liberal George Hadfield 3,348 30.5 N/A
Conservative James Stuart-Wortley 2,62624.0New
Liberal Thomas Campbell Foster [23] 1,57614.4N/A
Turnout 5,480 (est)64.0 (est)
Registered electors 8,557
Majority620.6N/A
Independent Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority7226.6N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

1859 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal John Arthur Roebuck Unopposed
Liberal George Hadfield Unopposed
Registered electors 7,381
Independent Liberal hold
Liberal hold
1857 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whig John Arthur Roebuck 3,200 39.4 +8.2
Radical George Hadfield 2,871 35.3 +7.7
Conservative William Overend [24] 2,05925.3+7.7
Turnout 5,095 (est)74.1 (est)+11.1
Registered electors 6,874
Majority3294.0+0.4
Independent Whig hold Swing +2.2
Majority8121.0−3.0
Radical hold Swing +1.8
1852 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whig John Arthur Roebuck 2,092 31.2 N/A
Radical George Hadfield 1,853 27.6 −15.7
Whig John Parker 1,58023.6−20.3
Conservative William Overend [25] 1,18017.6New
Turnout 3,353 (est)63.0 (est)+34.7
Registered electors 5,322
Majority2393.6N/A
Independent Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority2734.0−26.6
Radical hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 3 May 1849: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Whig John Arthur Roebuck Unopposed
Independent Whig gain from Radical
1847 general election: Sheffield [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Parker 1,125 43.9 +3.8
Radical Henry George Ward 1,110 43.3 +4.2
Chartist Thomas Clark32612.7New
Turnout 1,444 (est)29.3 (est)−23.8
Registered electors 4,934
Majority150.6−0.4
Whig hold Swing −0.2
Majority78430.6+2.4
Radical hold Swing +0.2
1841 general election: Sheffield [2] [6] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Parker 1,849 40.1 −5.3
Radical Henry George Ward 1,805 39.1 −1.9
Conservative David Urquhart 50310.9+4.1
Conservative William Sheppard4579.9+3.1
Turnout 2,307 (est)53.1 (est)c. −13.9
Registered electors 4,347
Majority441.0−3.4
Whig hold Swing −4.5
Majority1,30228.2+0.8
Radical hold Swing −2.8

Elections in the 1830s

1837 general election: Sheffield [2] [19] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Parker 2,186 45.4 −20.8
Radical Henry George Ward 1,976 41.0 +7.2
Conservative John Thorneley65513.6New
Turnout 2,70067.0−16.2
Registered electors 4,028
Majority2104.4+3.2
Whig hold Swing −14.0
Majority1,32127.4+24.8
Radical hold Swing +14.0
By-election, 22 August 1836: Sheffield [2] [19] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Parker 414 100.0 +33.8
Radical John Bell00.0−33.8
Majority414100.0+98.8
Turnout 41410.6−72.6
Registered electors 3,903
Whig hold Swing +33.8
1835 general election: Sheffield [1] [2] [19] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Parker 1,607 35.0 +4.9
Radical James Silk Buckingham 1,554 33.8 −19.9
Whig Samuel Bailey1,43431.2+15.1
Turnout 2,98683.2−9.2
Registered electors 3,587
Majority531.2+0.9
Whig hold Swing +7.4
Majority1202.6−3.1
Radical hold Swing −20.0
1832 general election: Sheffield [1] [2] [19] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Parker 1,515 30.1
Radical James Silk Buckingham 1,498 29.7
Radical Thomas Asline Ward1,21024.0
Whig Samuel Bailey81316.1
Turnout 3,05692.4
Registered electors 3,308
Majority170.4
Whig win (new seat)
Majority2885.7
Radical win (new seat)

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