Sheffield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sheffield borough constituency in 1832

The Borough constituency of Sheffield was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom that existed from 1832 to 1885. 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

Prior to 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. 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.

Year	Member 1	Party	Member 2	Party
1832	John Parker	Whig	James Silk Buckingham	Radical
1837			Henry George Ward	Liberal
1849			John Arthur Roebuck	Liberal
1852	George Hadfield	Liberal
1868			Anthony John Mundella	Liberal
1874	John Arthur Roebuck	Liberal
1879	Samuel Danks Waddy	Liberal
1880	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	Conservative

The constituency was sub-divided in 1885. The sitting MPs, Anthony John Mundella and Charles Beilby 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

1880 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony John Mundella	17,217		−
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	16,546
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	16,506
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1870s

Sheffield by-election, 1879

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Danks Waddy	14,062
	Conservative	Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley	13,584
Majority			478
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

1874 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Arthur Roebuck	14,193
	Liberal	Anthony John Mundella	12,858
	Liberal	Joseph Chamberlain	11,053
	Liberal	Alfred Allott	621
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1860s

1868 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Hadfield	14,793
	Liberal	Anthony John Mundella	12,212
	Liberal	John Arthur Roebuck	9,571
	Conservative	E. P. Price	5,272
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1865 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Arthur Roebuck	3,410
	Liberal	George Hadfield	3,348
	Conservative	J. F. S. Wortley	2,626
	Liberal	T. C. Foster	1,576
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1850s

At the Sheffield by-election, 1859, John Arthur Roebuck was elected unopposed.

1857 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Arthur Roebuck	3,200
	Liberal	George Hadfield	2,871
	Conservative	Wilson Overend	2,095
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1852 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Arthur Roebuck	2,092
	Liberal	George Hadfield	1,853
	Liberal	John Parker	1,580
	Conservative	Wilson Overend	1,180
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1840s

At the Sheffield by-election, 1849, John Arthur Roebuck was elected unopposed.

1847 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Parker	1,125
	Liberal	Henry George Ward	1,110
	Chartist	Thomas Clark	326
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

1841 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Parker	1,849
	Liberal	Henry George Ward	1,805
	Conservative	David Urquhart	503
	Conservative	W. Sheppard	457
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1830s

1837 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Parker	2,186
	Liberal	Henry George Ward	1,976
	Conservative	J. Thornely	655		N/A
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sheffield by-election, 1836

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Parker	414
	Liberal	J. Bell	0
Turnout			414	10.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

1832 General Election: Sheffield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Parker	1,515	30.1	N/A
	Radical	James Silk Buckingham	1,498	29.7	N/A
	Radical	Thomas Asline Ward	1,210	24.0	N/A
	Whig	Samuel Bailey	813	16.1	N/A
Turnout			5036	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Radical hold		Swing	N/A

External links

• Wikisource: Report on the Town of Sheffield; with a Description of the Proposed Boundary