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.
| Election | Member 1 | Party | Member 2 | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Parker | Whig | James Silk Buckingham | Radical | ||
| 1837 | Henry George Ward | Liberal | ||||
| 1849 by-election | John Arthur Roebuck | Liberal | ||||
| 1852 | George Hadfield | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | A. J. Mundella | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | John Arthur Roebuck | Liberal | ||||
| 1879 by-election | Samuel Danks Waddy | Liberal | ||||
| 1880 | Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency divided | |||||
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).
Read more about this topic: Sheffield (UK Parliament Constituency)
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