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.
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
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1850s
- At the Sheffield by-election, 1859, John Arthur Roebuck was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1840s
- At the Sheffield by-election, 1849, John Arthur Roebuck was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1830s
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