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Sheffield (UK Parliament constituency)

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 returning 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	John Arthur Roebuck	Liberal
1868	George Hadfield	Liberal	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).