Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Sheffield Park
Type = Borough
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1983
members = one

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.

Member of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

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title=General Election 1979: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 27,483
percentage = 68.6
change = - 2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cole
votes = 7,159
percentage = 17.9
change = + 4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Butler
votes = 4,737
percentage = 8.5
change = - 6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = I. Pierson
votes = 302
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Gordon Ashberry
votes = 279
percentage = 0.7
change = - 0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Littlehales
votes = 111
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 20,324
percentage = 50.7
change = - 6.2Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 64.5
change = + 2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election October 1974: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 30,057
percentage = 71.4
change = + 6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Butler
votes = 6,093
percentage = 14.5
change = - 3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Trench
votes = 5,539
percentage = 13.2
change = - 2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Gordon Ashberry
votes = 403
percentage = 1.0
change = - 0.1Election box majority
votes = 23,964
percentage = 56.9
change = + 9.8Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 62.4
change = - 9.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election February 1974: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 31,273
percentage = 65.0
change = - 10.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Butler
votes = 8,596
percentage = 17.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Crewe
votes = 7,731
percentage = 16.1
change = - 6.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Cyril Morton
votes = 521
percentage = 1.1
change = - 1.0Election box majority
votes = 22,677
percentage = 47.1
change = - 11.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.8
change = + 19.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1970: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 23,302
percentage = 75.3
change = - 5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Renton
votes = 7,024
percentage = 22.7
change = + 6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Cyril Morton
votes = 637
percentage = 2.1
change = - 1.2Election box majority
votes = 16,278
percentage = 58.5
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 52.6
change = - 12.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1960s

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title=General Election 1966: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 24,550
percentage = 80.3
change = + 4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Burns
votes = 5,017
percentage = 16.4
change = - 8.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = Cyril Morton
votes = 1,022
percentage = 3.3
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 19,533
percentage = 63.9
change = + 12.7Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 64.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1964: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 24,196
percentage = 75.6
change = + 4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Adams
votes = 7,816
percentage = 24.4
change = - 4.5Election box majority
votes = 16,380
percentage = 51.2
change = + 9.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1950s

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title=General Election 1959: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 26,078
percentage = 71.1
change = - 2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Neill
votes = 10,598
percentage = 28.9
change = + 2.1Election box majority
votes = 15,480
percentage = 42.2
change = - 4.3Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.2
change = - 0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1955: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 28,904
percentage = 73.2
change = + 4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Rippon
votes = 10,565
percentage = 26.8
change = - 4.0Election box majority
votes = 18,339
percentage = 46.5
change = + 8.1Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 71.3
change = - 11.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1951: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 30,842
percentage = 69.2
change = + 1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Rippon
votes = 13,743
percentage = 30.8
change = + 0.5Election box majority
votes = 17,099
percentage = 38.4
change = + 1.0Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.5
change = - 2.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1950: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Mulley
votes = 30,558
percentage = 67.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = H. Pryce
votes = 13,678
percentage = 30.3
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Communist Party of Great Britain
candidate = A. Fullard
votes = 909
percentage = 2.0
change =Election box majority
votes = 16,880
percentage = 37.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 85.2
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1940s

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title=General Election 1945: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas William Burden
votes = 29,424
percentage = 64.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Stevens
votes = 15,882
percentage = 35.1
change =Election box majority
votes = 13,542
percentage = 29.8
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.9
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

In the 1942 by-election, Thomas William Burden was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1930s

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title=General Election 1935: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Lathan
votes = 21,153
percentage = 51.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Shirley Benn
votes = 19,947
percentage = 48.5
change =Election box majority
votes = 1,206
percentage = 3.0
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1931: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Shirley Benn
votes = 26,392
percentage = 62.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Lathan
votes = 15,783
percentage = 37.4
change =Election box majority
votes = 10,609
percentage = 25.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.1
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1920s

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title=General Election 1929: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Lathan
votes = 20,304
percentage = 51.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Storry Deans
votes = 13,597
percentage = 34.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = E. E. Dalton
votes = 5,560
percentage = 14.1
change =Election box majority
votes = 6,707
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 79.2
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1924: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Storry Deans
votes = 14,053
percentage = 54.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Lathan
votes = 11,576
percentage = 45.2
change =Election box majority
votes = 2,477
percentage = 9.6
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 81.1
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1923: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Storry Deans
votes = 9,648
percentage = 41.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Lathan
votes = 9,050
percentage = 39.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Kenyon Stephenson
votes = 4,296
percentage = 18.7
change =Election box majority
votes = 598
percentage = 2.5
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.1
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

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title=General Election 1922: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Kenyon Stephenson
votes = 11,542
percentage = 52.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R. Morley
votes = 10,578
percentage = 47.8
change =Election box majority
votes = 964
percentage = 4.4
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.0
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1910s

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title=General Election 1918: Sheffield ParkElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Kenyon Stephenson
votes = 12,339
percentage = 79.6
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alf Barton
votes = 3,167
percentage = 20.4
change =Election box majority
votes = 9,172
percentage = 59.2
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 49.6
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing =

ources

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/hcommons3.htm Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] (Complete list of MPs)
*http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (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"
* [http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/EasySite/lib/serveDocument.asp?doc=101328&pgid=113083 Sheffield General Election Results 1945 - 2001] , Sheffield City Council