Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield Park
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire
19181983
Created from Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield Ecclesall and Sheffield Central
Replaced by Sheffield Heeley and Sheffield Central [1]

Sheffield Park was a Parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield, England. The constituency was created in 1918 and abolished in 1983. The area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in the Sheffield Central constituency.

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Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Heeley and Park.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Manor, Moor, Park, and Sharrow.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Manor, Moor, and Park.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Burngreave, Castle, Manor, Park, and Sharrow.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Henry Stephenson Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Richard Storry Deans Conservative and Liberal Unionist
1929 George Lathan Labour
1931 Sir Arthur Benn, later Baron Glenravel Conservative and Liberal Unionist
1935 George Lathan Labour
1942 by-election Thomas Burden Labour
1950 Fred Mulley Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Sheffield Central

Election results

General election results 1918-1983 SheffieldParkGraph.png
General election results 1918–1983

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 27,483 68.6 -2.8
Conservative Charles Cole7,15917.9+4.7
Liberal Francis Butler4,7378.5-6.0
National Front I. Pierson3020.8New
Communist Gordon Ashberry2790.7-0.3
Workers Revolutionary Paul Littlehales1110.3New
Majority20,32450.7-6.2
Turnout 40,06264.5+2.1
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 30,057 71.4 +6.4
Liberal Francis Butler6,09314.5-3.4
Conservative Robert Trench5,53913.2-2.9
Communist Gordon Ashberry4031.0-0.1
Majority23,96456.9+9.8
Turnout 42,09262.4-9.6
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 31,273 65.0 -10.3
Liberal Francis Butler8,59617.9New
Conservative Eric Crewe7,73116.1-6.6
Communist Cyril Morton5211.1-1.0
Majority22,67747.1-11.5
Turnout 48,12171.8+19.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 23,302 75.3 -5.0
Conservative Tim Renton 7,02422.7+6.3
Communist Cyril Morton6372.1-1.2
Majority16,27858.6-5.3
Turnout 30,96352.6-12.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 24,550 80.3 +4.7
Conservative Robert Burns5,01716.4-8.0
Communist Cyril Morton1,0223.3New
Majority19,53363.9+12.7
Turnout 30,58964.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 24,196 75.6 +4.5
Conservative Frank Adams7,81624.4-4.5
Majority16,38051.2+9.0
Turnout 32,012
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 26,078 71.1 -2.1
National Liberal John Neill10,59828.9+2.1
Majority15,48042.2-4.2
Turnout 36,67671.2-0.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 28,904 73.2 +4.0
National Liberal Stanley Rippon10,56526.8-4.0
Majority18,33946.4+8.0
Turnout 39,46971.3-11.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 30,842 69.2 +1.5
National Liberal Stanley Rippon13,74330.8+0.5
Majority17,09938.4+1.0
Turnout 44,58582.5-2.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Mulley 30,558 67.7 +2.8
National Liberal Harold Pryce13,67830.3-4.8
Communist Arthur Fullard9092.0New
Majority16,88037.4+7.6
Turnout 45,14585.2+11.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Burden 29,424 64.9 +13.4
Conservative Geoffrey Stevens 15,88235.1-13.4
Majority13,54229.8+26.8
Turnout 45,30673.9
Labour hold Swing

In the 1942 by-election, Thomas Burden was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lathan 21,153 51.5 +14.1
Conservative Arthur Benn 19,94748.5-14.1
Majority1,2063.0N/A
Turnout 41,100
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1931: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Benn 26,392 62.6 +28.1
Labour George Lathan 15,78337.4-14.0
Majority10,60925.2N/A
Turnout 42,17581.1+1.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lathan 20,304 51.4 +6.2
Unionist Richard Deans 13,59734.5-10.7
Liberal Ernest Edgar Dalton5,56014.1New
Majority6,70716.9N/A
Turnout 39,46179.2-1.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +8.4
General election 1924: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Deans 14,053 54.8 +12.9
Labour George Lathan 11,57645.2+5.8
Majority2,4779.6+7.1
Turnout 25,62981.1+7.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1923: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Richard Deans 9,648 41.9 New
Labour George Lathan 9,05039.4-8.4
Liberal Henry Stephenson 4,29618.7-33.5
Majority5982.5N/A
Turnout 22,99474.1+1.1
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1922: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Henry Stephenson 11,542 52.2 -27.4
Labour Robert Morley 10,57847.8+27.4
Majority9644.4-54.8
Turnout 22,12073.0+23.4
National Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Sheffield Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Henry Stephenson 12,33979.6
Labour Alf Barton 3,16720.4
Majority9,17259.2
Turnout 15,50649.6
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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References

  1. "'Sheffield Park', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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