Sheffield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Sheffield (UK Parliament constituency)

Sheffield (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885


Sheffield was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 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 divisionsAttercliffe, Brightside, Ecclesall, Hallam, and Sheffield Centraleach 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]

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

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Elections in the 1870s

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  • Caused by Roebuck's death.
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  • Allott withdrew from the race before polling day.[21]

Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1830s

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  • Caused by Parker's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
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References

  1. The Poll Book; containing a correct list of the electors who polled; distinguishing the candidates for whom they voted; also the names of the registered voters who did not poll in the first election of members for the Borough of Sheffield, December 13 and 14, 1832. Sheffield: Whitaker & Co. 1833. pp. 36–37.
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989). British electoral facts, 1832-1987. Dartmouth. ISBN 0-900178-30-2.
  3. "State of Polls". Carlisle Patriot. 10 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. White, Alan (1988). "Class, culture and control: the Sheffield Athenaeum movement and the middle class". In Wolff, Janet; Seed, John (eds.). The Culture of Capital: Art, Power and the Nineteen-Century Middle Class. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-7190-2460-9. LCCN 88-10982. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via Google Books.
  5. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 169. Retrieved 1 December 2018 via Google Books.
  6. Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. pp. 219–220. Retrieved 1 December 2018 via Google Books.
  7. Morrison, Tessa (2016) [2015]. Unbuilt Utopian Cities 1460 to 1900: Reconstructing their Architecture and Political Philosophy. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4724-5265-8. LCCN 2015008397. Retrieved 1 December 2018 via Google Books.
  8. King, Andrew (2017). The London Journal, 1845-83: Periodicals, Production and Gender. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7546-3343-3. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  9. "Protestants of Great Britain". Nottingham Journal. 21 July 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. Rae, William Fraser (1897). "Roebuck, John Arthur" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. "Mr. Roebuck, M.P. for Sheffield". Kendal Mercury. 12 May 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Sheffield". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 10 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 273–274. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  14. "Letter from London". Cheltenham Chronicle. 10 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 19 January 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "Allott's Nomination". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 3 February 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 19 January 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. "The Sheffield Election". Bradford Observer. 9 October 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. "Sheffield". Leeds Mercury. 13 July 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. "Sheffield Election". Sheffield Independent. 4 April 1857. p. 10. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. "Morning Post". 9 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 8 July 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.

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