Sheffield Park | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire |
1918–1983 | |
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.
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
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
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
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/SheffieldParkGraph.png/216px-SheffieldParkGraph.png)
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 27,483 | 68.6 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Cole | 7,159 | 17.9 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Francis Butler | 4,737 | 8.5 | −6.0 | |
National Front | I. Pierson | 302 | 0.8 | New | |
Communist | Gordon Ashberry | 279 | 0.7 | −0.3 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Paul Littlehales | 111 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 20,324 | 50.7 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,062 | 64.5 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 30,057 | 71.4 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Francis Butler | 6,093 | 14.5 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Trench | 5,539 | 13.2 | −2.9 | |
Communist | Gordon Ashberry | 403 | 1.0 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 23,964 | 56.9 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,092 | 62.4 | −9.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 31,273 | 65.0 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | Francis Butler | 8,596 | 17.9 | New | |
Conservative | Eric Crewe | 7,731 | 16.1 | −6.6 | |
Communist | Cyril Morton | 521 | 1.1 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 22,677 | 47.1 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,121 | 71.8 | +19.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 23,302 | 75.3 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Tim Renton | 7,024 | 22.7 | +6.3 | |
Communist | Cyril Morton | 637 | 2.1 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 16,278 | 58.6 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,963 | 52.6 | −12.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 24,550 | 80.3 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Burns | 5,017 | 16.4 | −8.0 | |
Communist | Cyril Morton | 1,022 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 19,533 | 63.9 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,589 | 64.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 24,196 | 75.6 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Frank Adams | 7,816 | 24.4 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 16,380 | 51.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,012 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 26,078 | 71.1 | −2.1 | |
National Liberal | John Neill | 10,598 | 28.9 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 15,480 | 42.2 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,676 | 71.2 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 28,904 | 73.2 | +4.0 | |
National Liberal | Stanley Rippon | 10,565 | 26.8 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 18,339 | 46.4 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,469 | 71.3 | −11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 30,842 | 69.2 | +1.5 | |
National Liberal | Stanley Rippon | 13,743 | 30.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 17,099 | 38.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,585 | 82.5 | −2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Mulley | 30,558 | 67.7 | +2.8 | |
National Liberal | Harold Pryce | 13,678 | 30.3 | −4.8 | |
Communist | Arthur Fullard | 909 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 16,880 | 37.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,145 | 85.2 | +11.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Burden | 29,424 | 64.9 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Stevens | 15,882 | 35.1 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 13,542 | 29.8 | +26.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,306 | 73.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
In the 1942 by-election, Thomas Burden was elected unopposed.
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Lathan | 21,153 | 51.5 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Benn | 19,947 | 48.5 | −14.1 | |
Majority | 1,206 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,100 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Benn | 26,392 | 62.6 | +28.1 | |
Labour | George Lathan | 15,783 | 37.4 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 10,609 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,175 | 81.1 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Lathan | 20,304 | 51.4 | +6.2 | |
Unionist | Richard Deans | 13,597 | 34.5 | −10.7 | |
Liberal | Ernest Edgar Dalton | 5,560 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,707 | 16.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,461 | 79.2 | −1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Deans | 14,053 | 54.8 | +12.9 | |
Labour | George Lathan | 11,576 | 45.2 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 2,477 | 9.6 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,629 | 81.1 | +7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Richard Deans | 9,648 | 41.9 | New | |
Labour | George Lathan | 9,050 | 39.4 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Stephenson | 4,296 | 18.7 | −33.5 | |
Majority | 598 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,994 | 74.1 | +1.1 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Henry Stephenson | 11,542 | 52.2 | −27.4 | |
Labour | Robert Morley | 10,578 | 47.8 | +27.4 | |
Majority | 964 | 4.4 | −54.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,120 | 73.0 | +23.4 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Henry Stephenson | 12,339 | 79.6 | |
Labour | Alf Barton | 3,167 | 20.4 | ||
Majority | 9,172 | 59.2 | |||
Turnout | 15,506 | 49.6 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
References
- ^ "'Sheffield Park', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ Archived 2 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970
- Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001[permanent dead link], Sheffield City Council